1&2. Introduction and Theories of Deviant Behavior

Expectations of and evaluation of individual behavior when they are participating in any social situation.

• •Norms

• •Culture

A complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, law, moral, customs, and any other capability and habit acquired by man as a member of society.

• •Norms

• •Culture

•“Deviance refers to collection of individuals, conditions, or acts that society disvalues, finds offensive, or condemns.” (Clinard & Meier, 2011).

The Limitation of this definition is that it fails to highlight that definition of deviance can be contentious, and deviance can be positive or negative.

• Definition of deviance

• Reactionist definition of deviance

• The normative definition of deviance

•“An action, a condition, an individual becomes deviant when people regard it to be deviant.”

•The limitation of this definition is that it does not tell us that why deviance occurs, and more importantly why individuals differ in their views on deviance.

• Definition of deviance

• Reactionist definition of deviance

• The normative definition of deviance

•Deviance constitutes departures from norms that draw social disapproval such that the variations elicit, or are likely to elicit, if detected, negative sanction.

• Definition of deviance

• Reactionist definition of deviance

• The normative definition of deviance

______________________ on deviance asserts that deviance is absolutely real, it can be objectively observed, and the factors that make people deviant can be identified through quantitative statistical research.

• The Positivist View

• The Constructionist View

_____________________ , on the other hand, argues that definition of deviance is relative, that deviance is subjectively experienced, and that deviance is a self-willed act.

• The Positivist View

• The Constructionist View