1. Deviance and Social Control

2. Social Norms Social expectations that guide people’s behaviour
Folkways: informal practices, based on tradition or accepted group behaviour
Mores: norms involving moral or ethical judgments…some so important made into laws

3. Degrees of Conformity
Freedom of thought and expression important to be individuals
Same time, society needs people to conform to social norms in order to function
Need balance between two

4. Social Roles
Set of expected behaviours and beliefs related to the part one plays in society.

5. Deviant Behaviour
Behaviour that differs from social norms of the group and is judged as wrong by members of that group.

6. Causes of Deviance
Biological Theories: based on brain function or genetics
Psychological Theories: looks at early experiences: ie as children. Criminals learned to think and act in certain ways and were rewarded for deviant behaviour
Sociological Theories: it’s a learned response due to the environment

7. Motivational: some people are encouraged to achieve but do not have the tools to succeed, so they use deviant ways to reach their goals
Learning: people learn deviant behaviour from people that they know really well

8. Control: people display deviant behaviour if they experience an absence of social control and if the rewards for such behaviour are more certain than the punishment
Labeling: looks at how definitions define people in certain ways and how people react to that label

9. Deviant Behaviour or Social Norm?