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2021-1-SSC509-Sociology of Deviant Behavior and Social Control

Deviance describes actions or behaviors that violate social norms or rules. Sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and criminologists study how social norms change and are enforced over time. There are two types of physical deviance - violations of aesthetic norms regarding appearance, and physical incapacity including disabilities. Both forms of physical deviance can invoke stereotypes, stigma, and discrimination.

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2021-1-SSC509-Sociology of Deviant Behavior and Social Control

Deviance describes actions or behaviors that violate social norms or rules. Sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and criminologists study how social norms change and are enforced over time. There are two types of physical deviance - violations of aesthetic norms regarding appearance, and physical incapacity including disabilities. Both forms of physical deviance can invoke stereotypes, stigma, and discrimination.

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2021-1-SSC509-Sociology of

Deviant Behavior and Social


Control
Pilar-Jamie Licupa
What is "Deviance"
anyway?
Deviance, in a sociological context,
describes actions or behaviors that
violate informal social norms or
formally-enacted rules.

Among those who study social norms


and their relation to deviance are
sociologists, psychologists,
psychiatrists, and criminologists, all
of whom investigate how norms
change and are enforced over time.
+ Physical deviance is perhaps the most visible
form of deviance, and it can evoke stereotypes,
stigma, and discrimination. Sociologists have
described two types of physical deviance,
including (1) violations of aesthetic norms (what
people should look like, including height, weight,
and the absence or presence of disfigurement)
and (2) physical incapacity, which would include
those with a physical disability (Goode, 2005).

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