Chapter 8:
Deviance, Crime,
and Social Control
What is Deviance?
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Deviance: behavior that violates the standards of conduct or
expectations of a group or society
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Crime: violation of criminal law for which some governmental
authority applies formal penalties
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Types of Crime:
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Violent Crime
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Property Crime
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Victimless Crime
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White Collar Crime
Types of Deviance and Social
Stigma
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Stigma: labels society uses to devalue certain social groups
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Criminal Deviance
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Violation of Group Norms
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Socially determined
Law and Society
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Some norms are deemed so important to society they are
formalized into law
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Law: Governmental social control
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Informal and Formal Social Control
Conformity and Obedience
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Conformity: going along with peers who have no special right to
direct behavior
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Obedience: Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical
structure
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The Milgram Experiment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr5cjyokVUs
Social Control
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Social Control: techniques and strategies employed for preventing
deviant human behavior in any society
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Candid Camera:
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http://vimeo.com/61349466
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Sanctions: penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social
norm
Functionalism and Deviance
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Durkheim: Punishments help define acceptable behavior and
contribute to society
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Robert Merton: Anomie Theory of Deviance
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Conformists
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Ritualists
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Retreatists
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Rebels
Interactionist Perspective on Crime
and Deviance
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Cultural Transmission Theory
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Differential Association
Labeling Theory
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What would you do?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLXCCcqnY-I
Conflict Perspective
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Marxist: People with power protect their own interests and define
deviance to fit their own needs
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Differential Justice