Chapter 8: Deviance

This chapter focuses on deviance. Devicance is the bahvior that does not conform to basic cultural norms and expectations. What may be deviant in one country may not be deviant in another. So this explains that deviance varies. Labels often creates a stigma for an individual. For example labeling a child a trouble maker may lead he/she to adopt the role of a trouble maker. People start to internalize the stigma that is given to them. Deviance helps define group boundaries, creates social solidarity, and is a source of innovation. Deviance can be explained as immortality, and illness rational choice. Today, I believe that normalization occurs. Things such as plastic surgery and tatoos, which were onces scorned is now accepted. These activites were once deviant to people but now its common around the world. Power also has alot to do with deviance. Power is connected to our basic assumptions about what's normal and what's deviant. Also, it determnes whether and how authorities enforce norms and punish deviance, enables some privileged groups to engage in distinct forms of deviant behavior and allows some people to escape being branded or punished as deviant. There are also debates about punishment for people who are deviant. Reribution, Rehabilitation, Deterence, Protection, and Restoration are five of them.