UCSP

• DEVIANCE


  ANY BEHAVIOR, BELIEF, OR CONDITION THAT VIOLATES SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL NORMS

  AKA: NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES
• TRUE 


  TRUE OR FALSE: ONE WHO IS CONSIDERED "DEVIANT" BY ONE CATEGORY OF PEOPLE MAY BE SEEN AS "COMFORMIST" IN ANOTHER GROUP
• DEVIANCE DEPENDS ON:

  1. TIME
  2. PLACE
  3. SITUATION /SETTING / CONTEXT
  4. CULTURE
• CULTURE


  THIS IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL IN DEFINING DEVIANCE
• SITUATION


  TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER A PLACE IN DETERMINING APPROPRIATENESS OF ACTIONS
• PLACE


  WHERE BEHAVIOR OCCURS DETERMINES WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE OR DEVIANT
• TIME


  VIRAL THINGS CHANGE WITH TIME
• STRAIN THEORY


  MEMBERS OF SOCIETY ARE PLACED IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS IN THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE SUCH CLASS POSITIONS, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY OF REALIZING THE SHARED VALUES

  THIS CAN GENERATE ANOMIE AND DEVIANCE
• DURKHEIM


  HE ARGUED THAT CRIME IS AN INEVITABLE AND NORMAL ASPECT OF LIFE
• AGENCY


  CAPABILITY OF INDIVIDUAL TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES THAT AFFECTS SOCIETY (DISKARTE)
• ANOMIE


  THE LOSS OF SHARED AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND NORMS AND A STATE OF NORMLESSNESS
• FALSE


  TRUE OR FALSE: PUNISHMENTS ESTABLISHED WITHIN A CULTURE DOES NOT HELP DEFINE ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR AND CONTRIBUTE
• COMFORMITY


  YOU FOLLOW THE RULES
• TRUE


  SOCIAL STATUS AFFECTS THE ATTAINMENT OF CULTURAL VALUE
• RITUALISM


  YOU KNOW THERE IS A CULTURAL GOAL BUT DOESN'T THINK OF IT ANYMORE. BUT YOU STILL CONFORM
• RETRETISM


  THERE IS NO MORE GOALS AND NO MORE WAYS HOW TO ACHIEVE
• REBELLION


  THERE IS A CULTURAL GOAL BUT YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT AND YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE WAYS OF SOCIETY
• MERTON


  HE ARGUED THAT DEVIANCE RESULTED FROM THE CULTURE AND STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY ITSELF
• CULTURAL TRANSMISSION 


  HUMANS LEARN HOW TO BEHAVE IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS WHETHER PROPERLY OR IMPROPERLY
• True


  SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONIST PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIOLOGY VIEWS SOCIETY AS A PRODUCT OF EVERYDAY SOCIAL INTERACTIONS OF INDIVIDUALS
• DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION


  PEOPLE LEARN DEVIANCE FROM THE DIFFERENT GROUPS WITH WHICH THEY ASSOCIATE (SUTHERLAND)
• SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY


  ASSERTS THAT CRIME IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN COMMUNITIES WITH WEAK SOCIAL TIES AND THE ABSENCE OF SOCIAL CONTROL
• FALSE


  THE PRESENCE OF SOCIAL CONTROL IS THE CAUSE OF DEVIANCE
• LABELING THEORY


  POSITS THAT DEVIANCE IS THAT WHICH IS SO LABELED. AKA SOCIETAL-REACTION APPROACH
• True


  NO STATUS OR BEHAVIOR IS INHERENTLY DEVIANT UNTIL OTHER PEOPLE HAVE JUDGED IT AND LABELED IT DEVIANT
• SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST PERSPECTIVE


  DEVIANCE IS A PRODUCT OF THE CULTURE WE LIVE IN
• PRIMARY DEVIANCE


  OCCASIONAL BREAKING OF NORMAS THAT ARE NOT PART OF A PERSON'S LIFESTYLE OR SELF-CONCEPT
• SECONDARY DEVIANCE


  AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE AND IDENTITY ARE ORGANIZED AROUND BREAKING SOCIETY'S NORMS
• RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY


  DECISION TO BE DEVIANT DEPENDS UPON A COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SANCTIONS

  CHOICES ARE AIMED AT OPTIMIZATION OF THEIR PLEASURE OR PROFIT
• CONTROL THEORY


  PEOPLE HAVE TWO CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT WORK AGAINST THEIR DESIRE TO DEVIATE (RECKLESS)
• INNER CONTROLS


  INTERNALIZED THOUGHT PROCESSES SUCH AS A SENSE OF MORALITY, CONSCIENCE, OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
• OUTER CONTROLS


  PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WHO ENCOURAGE US NOT TO STRAY
• FEMINIST THEORY


  ADLER AND CHESNEY-LIND ARGUE EXISTING APPROACHES TO DEVIANCE AND CRIME DEVELOPED WITH MEN IN MIND

  CULTURAL VIEWS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN INFLUENCE HOW THEY ARE PERCEIVED AND LABELED
• SOCIAL CONTROL


  WAYS IN WHICH OUR BEHAVIOR, THOUGHTS, AND APPEARANCE ARE REGULATED BY THE NORMS, RULES, LAWS

  WITHOUT IT, CHAOS AND CONFUSION WOULD REIGN
• INFORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL


  CONFORMITY TO THE NORMS AND VALUES OF THE SOCIETY, AND ADOPTION OF A PARTICULAR BELIEF SYSTEM, WHICH WE LEARN THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION
• FORMAL SOCIAL CONTROL


  PRODUCED AND ENFORCED BY THE STATE(GOVERNMENT) AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE
• BUILT-IN CONTROLS (INTERNALIZED)


  RELIES ON DETERRENTS SUCH AS PERSONAL SHAME OR FEAR OF SUPERNATURAL PUNISHMENT
• SANCTIONS (EXTERNALIZED)


  RELY ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY TOWARDS A BEHAVIOR THAT IS EITHER APPROVED OR DISPROVED
• FORMAL SANCTIONS


  PENAL LAWS, FINES, DEATH PENALTY
• INFORMAL SANCTIONS


  UNFAVORABLE AND FAVORABLE PUBLIC OPINION, GIVING OR WITHDRAWING OF AFFECTION, LOVE OR FRIENDSHIP; VERBAL ADMIRATION OR CRITICISM, REPRIMANDS OR VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS