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Understanding Deviance: A Relative and Constructed Concept, Slides of Criminology

The concept of deviance, arguing that it is not an inherent quality of an act but rather a relative construct. how deviance varies across cultures, societies, and situations, and introduces key theorists such as Howard Becker, Ed Lemert, and Erving Goffman. The document also covers the consequences of being labeled as deviant and the role of symbolic interaction in defining deviance.

What you will learn

  • What are the consequences of being labeled as deviant?
  • How does symbolic interaction contribute to the definition of deviance?
  • How does deviance vary across cultures and societies?
  • What is deviance and why is it considered a relative concept?
  • Who are the key theorists in the study of deviance?

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Deviance is not an inherent quality of an act

 Deviance is relative

◦ Across cultures/societies ◦ Within cultures across time ◦ Across situations

 Symbolic interaction (Weber, Mead, Blumer)

◦ W.I. Thomas: “what we define as real is real in its

consequences”

◦ we mutually define one another's actions and act

on the basis of those definitions

◦ Focus on the definitional process

 Both between labeler and labeled  And historical process

◦ Definitions of Actions  Why do some come to be labeled as deviant?

◦ Moral Entrepreneurs (Howard Becker)  Create categories of deviance  Have some stake in creating the category

 Secondary Deviance (Ed Lemert)

◦ Versus primary deviance

◦ Once labeled, the person internalizes the deviant self-image

◦ Organizes identity

 Stigma (Erving Goffman)

◦ “Spoiled Social Identity”  Based on actions (or physical appearance)  Prevents Positive “Impression Management”  “Courtesy Stigma”

 Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann (The

Social Construction of Reality)

◦ Arnold Gehlen: humans must make a world they can inhabit  instinctual deprivation  extended dependency

 Berger & Luckmann: how is social reality

constructed?

◦ Externalization ◦ Objectivation ◦ Internalization ◦ Reification