Posting by JI SOOGEUN - W7

Summary)

Deviance is behavior that violates cultural norms. It divided into two types. First is formal deviance that is illegal activities. Examples of this are robbery, theft, rape. Second is informal deviance that is violate social norms, not be codified into law.

There are theories of Deviance: Psychological Explanation, Social-Strain Typology, Structural-Functionalism and so on.

According to theory that is about psychology, deviance associate with brain structure.

Social-strain typology is proposed by Robert K. Merton. He said deviance was divided to five types: conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion.

Structural-functionalism theory says deviant plays important role in society. Because, first, deviance helps draw a line between things to do and thing to don’t do.

Although crime statistics don’t provide a perfect view of crime, it is still important. Crime statistic include incarceration rates, populations, race, homicide.

In social control, It is divided to formal and informal social control and some researchers have outlined motivations underlying the formal social control: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, societal protection.

Mention & Question)

 

Before, I don’t know deviance has two type: formal and informal. And reading this writing, I think that deviance can be different catching up with country, culture. And I think if culture is change, norms of deviance can be change. So, activities that are not respected are also later will be respected.

Wondering things is that eat humans meat is of course wrong activity but in extremely starving situation, it is still deviance.