SOC 1101 Lecture 15: SOC1101 Chapter 7 Deviance)
4 Mar 2017
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Can be viewed as absolute or as relative to the group being studied: some believe it is absolutely wrong to kill people, regardless of circumstance. In other cases, it is relative (level/presence of deviance depends on circumstance, ex; self-defence, euthanasia) Societies divide deviance into more vs less serious forms, representing mores and folkways. Not everything that is illegal is deviant, and not everything that is deviant is illegal: deviance is about what is right vs rude. If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences (w. i. Labelling theory: frank tannenbaum (1938) crime and community, dramatization of evil in regards to youth (tendency of elder generation to look down upon and stigmatize younger generations; occurs in every generation, but very prominent towards millennials) I(cid:374) his fa(cid:373)ous (cid:449)o(cid:396)k, (cid:862)outside(cid:396)s: tudies i(cid:374) the o(cid:272)iolog(cid:455) of de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:455) ho(cid:449)a(cid:396)d be(cid:272)ke(cid:396) (1973), he elaborated the processes through which: Deviant subcultures are important in maintaining the deviant self-image.
