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Feb 13, 2024 · Deviance in sociology refers to actions or behaviors that violate widely-accepted cultural norms within a society. Since deviance is defined relative to sociocultural standards, what is considered deviant differs across societies and time periods, and is largely determined by those in power. Sociologists study how and why certain behaviors are ...
- Stigma and Discrimination: The Roots of Labeling Theory
- Formal and Informal Labeling
- Examples
- References
Sociologists generally agree that deviant labels are also stigmatizing labels (Bernburg, 2009). These sociologists define stigma as a series of specific, negative perceptions and stereotypes attached to a label (Link and Pelan, 2001), which can be evident in and transmitted by mass media or the everyday interactions people have between themselves. ...
Labeling theorists specify two types of categories when investigating the implications of labeling: formal and informal labels. Formal labels are labels ascribed to an individual by someone who has the formal status and ability to discern deviant behavior. For example, someone who has been arrested or officially convicted of a felony carries the fo...
Domestic Violence
In 1981 and 1982, the Minneapolis Police Department conducted an experiment to determine the effect of arresting domestic violence suspects on subsequent behavior (Sherman and Berk, 1984). This original research found that arresting suspected perpetrators of domestic violence had a deterrent effect. However, when several other cities replicated this experiment, they found that arresting domestic violence perpetrators actually resulted in significant increases in domestic violence (Dunford, Hu...
Delinquency and Adolescent Males
Before Matsueda (1992), researchers saw delinquency in adolescents as a factor of self-esteem, with mixed results. Matsueda looked at adolescent delinquency through the lens of how parents and authorities labeled children and how these labels influenced the perception of self these adolescents have — symbolic interactionism. This research is unique in that it examines informal labeling — the effects that other people look at an adolescent have on that adolescent’s behavior. From a theoretical...
Official Punishment, Peer Rejection, and Labeling in Chinese Youths
The consequences of labeling on subsequent delinquency are dependent on the larger cultural context of where the delinquency happens. Zhang (1994a) examined the effects of the severity of the official punishment of delinquency on the probability that youths were estranged from parents, relatives, friends, and neighbors in the city of Tianjin, China. In the heavily collectivist, family-centered Chinese culture, those who were labeled as deviant were significantly more likely to be rejected by...
Becker, H. (1963). Overview of Labelling Theories, www. Hewett, Norfolk. Sch. uk/curric/soc/crime/labelling/diakses pada, 10. Becker, H. (1963). Outsiders-Defining Deviance. In: BECKER, Howard. Outsiders: Studies In The Sociology of Deviance. New York. Bernburg, J. G. (2019). Labeling theory. In Handbook on crime and deviance(pp. 179-196): Springer...
Jan 1, 2013 · The very definition of deviant behavior as it is generally understood in contemporary social science is essentially social psychological. Although definitions vary widely, most social psychologists would agree that deviance refers to behaviors or attributes manifested by specified kinds of people in specified circumstances that are judged to violate the normative expectations of a specified group.
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Sep 2, 2024 · Deviance, in sociology, violation of social rules and conventions. French sociologist Émile Durkheim viewed deviance as an inevitable part of how society functions. He argued that deviance is a basis for change and innovation, and it is also a way of defining or clarifying important social norms.
- Dominic Abrams
Such behaviors are clearly deviant, but they are also often contra-vened by statute and the criminal law, meaning that they are crimes. As Figure 1.1 shows, some forms of behavior may be against the law, but not be thought of as deviant by a majority of the population (i.e., exceeding the speed limit in certain locales), while some behaviors may
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Sep 2, 2024 · Deviance - Social Control, Norms, Stigma: French sociologist Émile Durkheim viewed deviance as an inevitable part of how society functions. He argued that deviance is a basis for change and innovation, and it is also a way of defining or clarifying important social norms. Reasons for deviance vary, and different explanations have been proposed. One reason people engage in deviant behaviour ...
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May 27, 2019 · Psychological approaches to deviance all have some key things in common. First, the individual is the primary unit of analysis. This means that psychologists believe that individual human beings are solely responsible for their criminal or deviant acts. Second, an individual’s personality is the major motivational element that drives behavior ...
