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Deviance and Social Control:

An Introduction

Chapter 1

What is Deviance?

Inderbitzin, Bates, and Gainey, Deviance and Social Control: A Things to consider about deviance Who? What? Where? When? Consider these elements in defining what is or is not deviant Nudity at the Fremont Arts Council (FAC) Appropriate or not?? Other examples… 2

Objectively Given Deviance

Inderbitzin, Bates, and Gainey, Deviance and Social Control: A Assumes a general set of norms - rules of behavior that guide people’s actions – exists.

• (^) folkways
• (^) mores
• (^) laws 4

Subjectively Problematic Conception

Inderbitzin, Bates, and Gainey, Deviance and Social Control: A Deviance is constructed based on the interactions of those in society.  (^) behaviors and/or conditions are not inherently deviant  (^) the idea of norms and deviance are constructed by immediate society 5

Understanding Social Deviance

Inderbitzin, Bates, and Gainey, Deviance and Social Control: A Use of the Sociological Imagination provides for a big picture understanding Idea discussed by C. Wright Mills Gives multiple theoretical approaches to understanding 7

Understanding Deviance

Inderbitzin, Bates, and Gainey, Deviance and Social Control: A Sociological Perspective, 2nd edition © 2016 SAGE Publications Theory is important! Helps us systematically think about deviance and provide solutions to problems we study Gives a big picture Individual experiences might not be the norm 8

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