Sociology 2256A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Informal Social Control, Social Disorganization Theory, Concentric Zone Model
5 Apr 2017
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An objective de nition of deviance is used when there is a presence of a certain characteristic. Example: everyone wearing a pink hat is deviant. Specialists who learn toward the objective end of the continuum are most interested in the deviant act. There are 4 objective criteria"s that we look at individually: statistical rarity. Something is deviant if it is considered rare". There are common things that may be considered deviant. There are some rare things that are considered deviant: social harm. Someone/something is deviant if it: causes harm to self or others, harms the functioning of society, threatens understandings of the world. Harm is subjective and varies over time: negative societal reaction. Deviant if it has a negative reaction by society"s masses . People may be treated as deviant even when the masses react positively: normative violation. Ex: absolutist social norms vs culturally speci c norms.
