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Concepts Of Social Deviance

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SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS ( MA PREVIOUS ) (SUSHMITA JHA)

TOPIC

(social institutions are universal and so is the deviance in these institutions .critically analyse the statement in the light of different perspectives and your lived experiences)

Social institutions are established or standardized patterns of rule-governed behavior.
Social institutions, which are established sets of norms and subsystems, support each society's survival. Each sector carries out certain tasks and has different responsibilities that contribute to the overall functioning and stability …show more content…

Retreatism they are the people who are REAL DEVIANT as they try to achieve things that don’t go along with the values existing in the society
5. Rebellion people reject cultural goals and also means
Are similar to retreatists but they also include COUNTERCULTURE
They create new goals and means to achieve their new targets

Theories of Deviance There can be People who are engaged in deviant behavior and are referred to as deviants.
EXAMPLE OD DEVIANCE Indonesia,Malaysia,and muslim Africa FEMALE CIRCUMSCISION(clitoridectomyand infibulations) without anesthesia is permitted but in countries like America it is not thinkable
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Differential-association theory phrase differential association-by EDWIN SUTHERLAND
Mainly concerned with how people learn deviance
Environment has great role to play-in deciding which norms to be followed and which to be violatated-other socializing agents also have impact-like r. For example,

juvenile gangs act as environment –where young people can become criminals.
In turn these gangs-they believe in retaliation,consider themselves as countercultural and believe in glorifying violence and takes it as a mean to achieve social …show more content…

secondary deviation-action that takes place after primary deviation[edit]
When an actor commits a crime commited by actor-penalties made-but this doesn’t stops the crime-so actor may comit the crime again-institution make harsher penalties-again this has no major effect on the actor-and again comit the primary deviance-penalties becomes harsher and ultimately the actor stigmatize as deviant by the community peoole-and gradually actor also accepts his role as criminal
Neutralization theory[edit](WIKIPEDIA)
This theory is given to provide explaination for the deviant behavior provide explaination to themselves and others
Justification is given by providing alternative resons and definition for their action
Types of neutralization
1)helplessly they perfomed deviant behavior(responsibility denied)
2)explains thatdeviance behavior didn’t cause any harm to the society(injury caused denied)
3)the one who is deviant believes that person on the other end deserved such result
4)belief that victims also have the tendency to be equally deviant
5)belief that there are values which goes beyond boundaries
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEVIANCE BASED ON DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND LIVED EXPERIENCES-

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