Deviance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076539 |
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| Authors | Erich Goode (0000-0001-8966-7853, Stony Brook University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosd038.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4320075857 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
We can divide the study of deviance into two principal endeavors: the effort to understand how social norms are constructed, how such normative constructions are applied, and with what consequences; and the effort to explain why some people engage in behaviors that are considered wrong. Social norms can be violated in several ways – as a result of non‐normative behavior, beliefs, conditions, and physical characteristics. However, sociologists and criminologists apply explanatory theories almost exclusively to behavior , rarely to beliefs, and never to conditions; in addition, some sociologists have attempted to understand and account for mental disorder – especially mental illness – which manifests itself in particular kinds of deviant behavior. Of the many ways we might define deviance, statistical rarity and pathology are two that have no sociological purchase whatsoever. Deviance often enters into the picture when norms are violated, but not all normative violations result in censure or punishment; different observers may react to the same normative violation in different ways. These seeming contradictions are components of the fundamental complexity that constitutes deviance
Deviance (statistics · Epistemology · Normative · Normative social influence · Punishment (psychology · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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