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chap 7
Deviance
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| altruistic suicide | the type of suicide that can occur when there is excessive regulation of individuals by social forces |
| anomic suicide | the type of suicide occurring when there are disintegrating forces in the society that make individuals feel lost or alone |
| anomie | the condition existing when social regulations in a society break down |
| deviance | behavior that is recognized as violating expected rules and norms |
| deviant career | the sequence of movements people make through a particular system of deviance |
| deviant community | groups that are organized around particular forms of social deviance |
| deviant identity | the definition a person has of himself or herself as a deviant |
| differential association theory | theory that interprets deviance as behavior one learns through interaction with others |
| egoistic suicide | the type of suicide that occurs when people feel totally detached from society |
| elite deviance | the wrongdoing of wealthy and powerful individuals and organisations |
| labeling theory | a theory that interprets the responses of others as most significant in understanding deviant behavior |
| medicalization of deviance | explanations of deviant behavior that interpret deviance as the result of individual pathology or sickness |
| moral entrepreneurs | people who organize a social movement to reform how a particular behavior is morally perceived and handled |
| primary deviance | the violation of a norm or law |
| secondary deviance | behavior that results from being labeled deviant, regardless of whether the person has previously engaged in deviance |
| social control | a process by which groups and individuals within those groups are brought into conformity with dominant social expectations |
| social control agents | those who institutionally regulate and administer responses to deviance, such as the police and mental health workers |
| social control theory | theory that explains deviance as a result of the weakening of social bonds |
| stigma | an attribute that is socially devalued and discredited |
| structural strain theory | a theory that interprets deviance as originating in the tensions that exist in society between cultural goals and the means people have to achieve those goals |
| tertiary deviance | deviance that occurs when the deviant fully accepts the deviant role but rejects the stigma associated with it |
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