Deviance

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Deviance

• Anything that violates societys social norms.

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Theories of Deviance

• Biological
• Lombroso - atavism
• Sheldon - Body types
• Ectomorph
• Mesomorph
• Endomorph
• Twinkie Defense

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Sheldons Body Types
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Theories of Deviance

• Psychological
• Insanity
• Permanent or temporary

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Theories of Deviance

• Sociological
• Durkheim
• collective conscience
• egoism
• anomie

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. . . Crime brings together upright consciences
and concentrates them. We have only to notice
what happens, particularly in a small town, when
some moral scandal has just been committed. They
stop each other on the street, they visit each
other, they seek to come together to talk about
the event and to wax indignant in common. (1893)
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Merton Social Structure Strain Theory
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Sociological Theories

• Cultural Transmission or Subcultural Theory
• Implicit is the idea that deviance is learned
• Differential association Those with whom one
  associates has a differential impact on making us
  who we are

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Sociological Theories

• Social Disorganization
• Break down in institutions and connections
  between social groups makes it easier for crime
  and deviance to develop as informal measures of
  social control become less effective or are
  largely absent

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Sociological Theories

• Labeling Theory
• Primary deviance
• Secondary deviance
• Stigma