Deviance & Social Control

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Chapter Eight:

Deviance and Social Control

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“It is not the act itself, but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant.”

Howard Becker, 1966

What is Deviance?

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Relative Deviance

What is Deviant to Some is not Deviant to Others

“Deviance” is Nonjudgmental Term

What is Deviance?

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Crime

Violation of Norms as Laws

Deviance

Violation of Rules or Norms

Stigma

Blemishes on “Normal” Identity

Deviance Terminology

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No Norms - Social Chaos

Social Control

Group’s Formal and Informal Means of Enforcing Norms

Norms Make Social Life Possible

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Negative Sanctions

Positive Sanctions

Sanctions

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Shaming is a Sanction

Can Be Centerpiece of Public Ritual

Degradation Ceremony

Shaming and Degradation Ceremonies

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Sociobiology

Look for Answers Inside Individuals

Genetic Predispositions

Explanations of Deviance

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Psychology

Focuses on Abnormalities Within Individuals

Personality Disorders

Deviant Personalities

Explanations of Deviance

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Sociology

Look for Answers Outside Individuals

Social Class

Explanations of Deviance

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Families

Friends, Neighbors

Subculture

Prison or Freedom?

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Differential Association Theory

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Inner Controls

Morality

Conscience

Religious Principles

Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Control Theory

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