Differentiating Crime and Deviance
Crime and deviance are distinct social concepts that involve breaking laws and norms, respectively. While not all crimes are deviant, many are. Deviance occurs when someone violates societal norms, leading to labeling as a deviant. Explore the nuances between crime and deviance, understanding how societal perceptions shape these behaviors.
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Crime or Deviance Understand the difference between crime and deviance Understand how and why deviance changes.
What is a crime? A crime occurs when someone breaks a law. This is a legal definition. Not all crimes are deviant, though many are.
What is deviance? Deviance occurs when someone breaks a norm of society. People who break norms are usually seen as mad or bad . These people are known as deviants. Not all deviants are criminal.
Open Questions Open questions refer to questions that sociologists ask which require you to give an opinion. You will be asked if certain acts are deviant. This is an open question.
Closed Questions Closed questions refer to questions that sociologists ask which have yes or no answers. You will be asked if certain acts are criminal. This is a closed question.
Crime or Deviance: The BIG Questions Look at the following acts. Is each act deviant? Is each act criminal? Write down if in a table which category they would fall under
Crime Deviance
Key Questions What makes an act deviant for one group of people but not for another? Does deviance change? - over time? - in different societies? What makes an action a crime? Who decides?
You should have learned: That crime and deviance are both socially created. Not all crime is deviant, not all deviance is crime. Crime depends on the government setting the rules. Deviance depends on the people setting the rules.
Deviance and Crime Crime is a written code. Crime involves the law. Crime will receive a formal punishment. Deviance is an unwritten code. Deviance involves norms. Deviance receives an informal punishment. Breaking any rule, written or unwritten has consequences for the individual who breaks it.
Crime and Deviance A diagram to show how crime is different from deviance
Crime Deviance Moral and social code broken: Parking on yellow lines Smiling at strangers Murder Legal code broken Moral code broken
