Defining Deviance

1. DEFINING DEVIANCE
DANIELLE DIRKS, PH.D.
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2. OUTLINE
PERSPECTIVES ON DEVIANCE
NON-SOCIOLOGICAL
SOCIOLOGICAL
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3. OBJECTIVE
HOW DO WE DEFINE
WHAT IS “DEVIANT”?
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4. EXAMPLES OF DEVIANCE?
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5. ABC’S OF DEVIANCE
ATTITUDES
BEHAVIORS
CONDITIONS
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6. OUTLINE
PERSPECTIVES ON DEVIANCE
NON-SOCIOLOGICAL
SOCIOLOGICAL
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7. PERSPECTIVES ON DEVIANCE
THE NOT SO HELPFUL...
1. ABSOLUTIST
2. HARM
3. STATISTICAL
4. CRIMINAL
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8. ABSOLUTIST
INTRINSIC TO HUMAN CONDITION
OBJECTIVELY UNDERSTOOD
WIDESPREAD CONSENSUS
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9. HARM
INJURIOUS
DETRIMENTAL
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10. STATISTICAL
RARE
UNUSUAL
UNCOMMON
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11. CRIMINAL
ILLEGAL
LAWBREAKING
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12. CAN WE DO BETTER?
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13. OUTLINE
PERSPECTIVES ON DEVIANCE
NON-SOCIOLOGICAL
SOCIOLOGICAL
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14. SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE
NORM MAKING
NORM BREAKING
REACTIONS TO NORM BREAKING
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15. SOCIOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS
DEVIANCE IS DETERMINED BY...
1. REACTIVE DEFINITIONS
2. NORMATIVE DEFINITIONS
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16. REACTIVE DEFINITIONS
REACTIONS TO BEHAVIORS / CONDITIONS
CONSEQUENCE OF RULES / SANCTIONS
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17. NORMATIVE DEFINITIONS
VIOLATION OF NORMS
IMPLIES RELATIVITY
COLLECTIVE QUALITY
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18. SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
THE MORE HELPFUL...
1. RELATIVIST
2. FUNCTIONALIST
3. SOCIAL POWER
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19. RELATIVIST
PERSPECTIVES
DEVIANCE IS DETERMINED BY...
1. SOCIAL NORMS
2. CUSTOMS
3. RULES
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20. DEVIANCE IS
SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED
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21. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION
WE CREATE--OR CONSTRUCT--MEANING
SUBJECTIVE APPROACH TO REALITY
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22. FUNCTIONALIST
PERSPECTIVES
CLOSEST TO ABSOLUTIST
MORAL ORDER NECESSARY
DEVIANCE SERVES PURPOSE
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23. FOUR FUNCTIONS
OF DEVIANCE
1. SOCIAL COHESION
2. SOCIAL BOUNDARIES
3. MORAL PASSAGE
4. INSTITUTIONAL THREAT
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24. DEVIANCE IS NECESSARY
FOR SOCIAL ORDER
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25. SOCIAL POWER
PERSPECTIVES
POWERFUL MAKE RULES / LAWS
DOMINANT DEFINE DEVIANCE
GENDER, CLASS, RACE, ETHNICITY KEY
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26. DEVIANCE IS RESULT OF
UNEQUAL POWER
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27. CONCLUSION
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOCUS ON COLLECTIVE
MEANINGS, NORMS AND RULES
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM INFLUENCES NEARLY ALL
SOCIOLOGICAL DEVIANCE APPROACHES
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28. THANK YOU
DANIELLE DIRKS, PH.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
[email protected] / @DANIELLEDIRKS
DANIELLEDIRKS.COM
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