SOC CHPT 6 Non-Criminal Deviance
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Examples of non-criminal deviance? | -prostitues -murderers -mentally ill atheists -career women -religious ppl |
| Minority of the group in data | Statistical Deviance |
| 4 main ways to define deviance? | 1.statistical 2.absolutist 3.reactivist 4.normative |
| Certain behaviors that are wrong/unhealthy, regardless of context...? (type of deviance) | Absolutist Deviance |
| These list of deviant acts might come from ? | Absolutist |
| An act is only deviant if society is aware of the act and labels it as deviant. (type of deviance) | Reactivist Deviance |
| An act is deviant if it violates the prevailing norms in a given setting. (type of deviance) | Normative Deviance |
| Norms vary: | -overtime -between cultures/subcultures -by parts of the country |
| A reactivist definiton of deviance assumes a ___________ | societal reaction |
| deviance should take people's beliefs into consideration | Castration |
| Is deviance an insult? | no, a description, a state |
| Deviance is an act that _____________ | breaks a norm |
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