Deviance
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Created by:
jstankus on December 1, 2011
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Elmwood's Society, Elmwood's Society
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10 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Conformity | acting according to certain accepted standards |
| Deviance | Behavior that violates significant social norms |
| Labeling Theory | the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions |
| Stigma | a mark of shame or discredit |
| Positive Deviance | Actions considered deviant within a given context, but which are later reinterpreted as appropriate or even heroic. |
| CONFLICT THEORY | argument that deviance is deliberately chosen and often political in nature |
| Structural Strain Theory | origins of deviance to the tensions caused by the gap between cultural goal and the means people have available to achieve those goals. |
| Functions of Deviance | sets boundaries for permitted behavior/ clarifies rules promotes group solidarity and unifies the group can stimulate social change |
| Crime | punishable offense against society |
| Types of Crime | violent crime, crime against property, victimless crime, white-collar crime, organized crime |
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