SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Religious Text, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Labeling Theory
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Statistical definition - common conditions represent deviance (non- drinking, non-criminal teens in canada seen as deviant) Absolutist definition - deviance results from a value judgment based on absolute standards (e. g. religious text against homosexuality, murder) Relativist definition - whatever people react to and label as deviant becomes deviant (e. g. madd - drunk driving) Normative definition - pluralistic - deviant label depends on what the group think should and should not occur (e. g. boxing match) Atavism - humans who are apelike are more deviant. Phrenology - shape and size of skull determine deviance. Physiognamy - a person"s facial appearance determines deviance. Somatotyping - body type (e. g. tall, bulky, lean) determines deviance. The more severe the crime, the more consensus there is. Definitions of deviance are created by powerful groups and applied to those who threaten their interests. How a person comes to be seen as deviant, rely on power and resources of groups to make problems known (madd)
