Deviance, Absolutist Definitions of
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robin D Perrin (Pepperdine University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosd039.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W3213487281 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Sociologists define deviance as behavior that violates a norm and is judged negatively by a society. Many, however, misunderstand this conceptualization, instead assuming that the study of deviant behavior is the study of inherently wrong behavior. This absolutist conception, while relevant to our understandings of the origin of norms and reactions, is not a sociological conceptualization of deviance
Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Deviance (statistics · Epistemology · Norm (philosophy · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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