Morals, Norms, Deviant Behavior, Criminal Behavior

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Morals, Norms, Deviant Behavior, Criminal Behavior
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Honor Killings

• http//news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/02
  12_020212_honorkilling.html

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What are your morals?
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What is a moral?

• Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of
  character and behavior
• Conforming to standards of what is right or just
  in behavior
• Rules or habits of conduct with reference to
  standards of right and wrong

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Examples of Morals

• The Ants and the Grasshopper
• The ants were spending a fine winter's day drying
  grain collected in the summertime. A grasshopper,
  quite hungry, passed by and begged for a little
  food. The ants asked him, "Why didn't you gather
  up food during the summer?" He replied, "I as too
  busy having fun to work. I passed the days
  singing." They then said in mockery "If you were
  foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must
  dance without supper to bed in the winter."
• Moral One can not get through life without a
  little work

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What is a norm?

• A standard or model or pattern regarded as
  typical.

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What is a norm to you?
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Examples of Norms

• Social Norm looking at the door when you get on
  an elevator
• Cultural Norm Bathing daily
• Religious Norm Southern Baptist NO dancing
• Personal Norm Singing with the radio

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What isdeviant behavior to you?
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Deviant Behavior

• Deviant behavior is behavior that violates social
  norms deviance becomes crime when the behavior
  violates social norms that are expressed as
  criminal law

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Deviant Behavior

• Is defined by those in charge.
• Spying with out warrants in the United States ?

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Some deviant behaviors of old

• The World is round.
• The Earth revolves around the Sun.
• Pregnancy being seen on television.
• Interracial marriage.
• Girls wearing pants.
• Boys with earrings.

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Examples of deviant behavior that are not criminal

• Wearing a swimsuit to a formal party
• Not looking at the door when you get on an
  elevator
• Dyeing your hair pink with green polka dots
• Tattooing a slogan on your forehead for profit

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Deviance can be good

• Civil Rights movement
• Interracial marriage
• Music
• What can you think of ?

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Deviant Behavior v. Criminal Behavior

• Deviant behavior is breaking a social norm.
• Criminal behavior is defined as violating of a
  social norm that has been requires of prohibited
  by a law.
• A deviant behavior is not always a criminal
  behavior.

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How do we define Criminal Behavior?

• First we must remember that our laws in the
  United States are based on the morals of those
  who first created them.
• Most of the laws in the United States have
  religious bases.
• Killing, stealing, assault, and bearing false
  witness are taught in many of the world religions.