What is deviance?

Answer 1

G'day Mr Kitties420,

Thank you for your question.

Deviance is also known as deviant behviour in the social sciences. Deviant behavior is behavior that is a recognized violation of social norms. Formal and informal social controls attempt to prevent and minimize deviance. One such control is through the medicalization of deviance.

Acting upon certain discriminatory facts or problems. It is not the act itself, but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant.

Crime, the violation of formally enacted law, is formal deviance while an informal social violation such as picking one's nose is an example of informal deviance. It also means not doing what the majority does or alternatively doing what the majority does not do. For instance, behaviors caused by cultural difference can be seen as deviance. It does not necessarily mean criminal behavior.

An example of a group considered deviant in the modern United States is the Ku Klux Klan. Milder examples include punks and goths.

I enclose sources for your reference.

Regards

Answer 2

It is defined by culture. Whatever that culture sees as improper behavior, for either very good or very poor reasons.

Answer 3

when you stray from the normal or what is thought of as normal behavior.

Answer 4

Something that is different than the normal. It is usually in reference to sex habits..........kinky.

Answer 5

no idea

Answer 6

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