1. Deviance

2. Social Deviance
Any transgression of social established norms.
Conley

3. There is a range of acceptable behavior outside the ideal norm.
Outside the boundary = deviance

6. Over conforming

7. Under conforming

8. Social Control & Sanctions
Negative
Positive
Formal
Informal

9. WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BAD? Deviance affirms cultural values
Deviance can encourage social change
Civil rights movement
Suffragists

10. Absolutism Adapted from Sociology Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Newman
Inherently good or bad behavior
Potentially destructive
Typical deviant characteristics

11. Relativism Adapted from Sociology Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Newman &
Deviance is socially created by collective human judgments & ideas
People become deviant
Who is doing the defining
Deviance involves power

12. Immediate Situational Circumstances
Can influence definitions of deviance

13. The typical criminal?

14. TV news & crime shows over represent violent crime
White collar crime