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A) WHAT IS DEVIANCE?
o Def: Behavior, beliefs or conditions that violate significant norms in society, or the group in which it occurs.
o Behavior-Belief-Condition
o Based on “beliefs” or “deviation from the mean”
o Crime is not necessarily a deviant (speeding)
o Deviance is not necessarily a crime (assisting drowning).
1) Who defines deviance?
NOT inherent in specific behavior or person.
SOCIALLY-defined and relative to the situation.
CRIME- a violation of criminal law-punished by the CJ system.
Use of force or fraud in pursuit of self-interest
Defined via political power
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
“status offence” (ascribed status)
2) What is social control?
Def: Systematic practices developed by social groups to encourage conformity to norms, and discourage deviance.
Internal
Internalized beliefs (via socialization)
External
Sanctioned by others
Formal
Police, Court and Correction systems
Informal
Family, Friends, General Public
B) FUNCTIONAL......

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