Transcript Deviance - Canton Local Schools

Is it Deviance?
In the following 10 slides, determine if
what you see constitutes Deviance.
 You may base your decisions on behavior,
beliefs, or the condition of the person.
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Deviance?
Deviance?
Deviance?
Deviance?
Deviance?
Deviance?
Deviance?
Deviance?
I’m single, I have
a career, and I’m
happy with my
life.
Deviance?
Deviance?
What is Deviance?
Any behavior, belief, or condition that
violates significant social norms in the
society or group in which it occurs
 Interestingly – one who is considered
“deviant” by one category of people may
be seen as “conformist” in another group
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Who Defines Deviance?
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Common Sense Thinking
– Inherent in certain kinds of behavior or
people
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Sociologists
– Formal property of social situations and
structures
– Deviance is relative- An act becomes deviant
when it is defined as such
Variations in Deviance
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Time to Time
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Place to Place
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Group to Group
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Degrees of Seriousness
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“Deviance is not a property inherent in
certain forms of behavior; it is a
property conferred upon these forms
by the audiences which directly or
indirectly witness them. The critical
variable in the study of deviance, then,
is the social audience rather than the
individual actor”.
- Kai T. Erikson (1964)