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Privileged Class Deviance

This document discusses deviance and privileged class deviance. It defines deviance as unacceptable behavior that violates social norms. Factors like location, age, and social status can influence deviance. Crime is a form of deviance but not all deviance is criminal. Privileged class deviance refers to deviant acts committed by those with high social, economic or political status to maintain power and position, such as through corruption in professional roles like journalists, doctors, or government officials.

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Privileged Class Deviance

This document discusses deviance and privileged class deviance. It defines deviance as unacceptable behavior that violates social norms. Factors like location, age, and social status can influence deviance. Crime is a form of deviance but not all deviance is criminal. Privileged class deviance refers to deviant acts committed by those with high social, economic or political status to maintain power and position, such as through corruption in professional roles like journalists, doctors, or government officials.

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PRIVILEGED CLASS DEVIANCE

DEVIANCE
Unacceptable behaviour
An action or behavior that violates the generally accepted norms of a
group, organizations or society
Each society has its own definition of deviant behaviour
Sociologists: “Any thought, feeling or action that members of a social
group judge to be a violation of their values or rules or group conduct
that violates definitions of appropriate and inappropriate conduct
shared by the members of a social system”.
Theoretically: ‘Altruism’ and ‘Egotism’
FACTORS THAT AFFECT DEVIANCE

Location

Age

Social status

Time, etc.
DEVIANCE AND CRIME
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR DEVIANCE
Behavior that is in conflict with the Differs from the norms and values of
law the society
Agents of Control: Police and the Agents of Control: Informal control-
judiciary. parents , peer groups, religious
institution

 Crime is a subcategory of deviance

 Crime falls under the category of deviance

 All crime includes deviant behavior but all deviant behavior are not crimes.

 Deviance is relative to time and place.


SOCIETY AND CLASS STRUCTURE
Primitive society : No classes

Civilization: Race for more and more land and area of supremacy gave
birth to the wars.
Wars= Capitalists formed a class of themselves and treated losers as
slaves
British period:
 Emergence of different class (Rich & Poor, High & Low)
 Based on economic, social, political and religious grounds
 Class system increases in size and became part of society
PRIVILEGED CLASS DEVIANCE

Privileged class are those who have special powers and immunities

It is based on social, economic and political status

Deviance committed by privileged class/powerful persons of society

Deviance committed by educated, cultured, high- class persons, who


are well-clad and would not be normally reckoned as criminals
Continued…

Maintain their class=


 Need Power and Position

 Achieved through money

 Grab more and more money

 Commit crime in their occupational, official, professional and social status

(Becomes a part of privileged class deviance)


TYPES OF PRIVILEGED CLASS DEVIANCE

Professional deviance
(Deviance by Journalists, Teachers, Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Architects,
Chartered Accountants)

Official deviance
(Deviance by Legislators, Judges and Bureaucrats)

Police deviance

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