SOC 1305 Exam 1 DevianceOnline version Deviance and Crime by Sara Roberts 1 Deviance 2 Crime 3 How to Encourage Conformity 4 How the Theories Relate to Crime/Deviance Any violation of contextual, cultural, or social norms The opposite of conformity Not always criminal Any act forbidden by law Many of these are considered to be deviant Burglary, assault, possession Social control: the regulation or enforcement of social norms Sanctions: rewards or punishments for conforming Functionalist-Crime is a societal reaction to preserve itself when something goes wrong Symbolic Interactionist-Deviance is learned from those close to us who provide models of and opportunities for deviance Conflict-US has high prison rates, with most be African Americans Labeling Theory-someone commits a small crime and gets labeled as a criminal, so they keep committing crimes
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