SOC 2070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ascribed Status, Philosophy Of Science, Social Rejection
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Sociology of deviance looks at informal and interpersonal reactions to behaviour, beliefs and traits. Some actions are predefined as deviance because of the meaning of specific follow words ex. Murder: crime is deviant but at some point things that we find crime worthy today were legal at some point. Some people believe that anything goes these days and that deviance no: if a strong consensus on rules doesn"t prevail, then deviance doesn"t longer exists exist, this is false. 4 things that are necessary for deviance to exist: 1. A rule or norm must exist: 2. Someone must violate/be thought to violate that norm: 3. An audience must be present someone who judges the violation to be wrong: 4. There must be a measurable likelihood of a negative reaction by the audience ex. Deviance is a matter of degree trivial to serious: wrong according to whos standards.
