W9.2 May 3 (Fri)-Chaehyun Lee

 1. Summary

Deviance is any behavior that violates cultural norms, and it is divided into two main categories: "crimes" that violate formal laws and "informal deviance" that deviates from informal social norms. The former is not very relative, even if it is culturally different, while the latter is a deviation from informal social norms, i.e., cultural social norms, so informal deviance as defined in societies with different cultures is relative.

2. Interesting Things

The article discusses how behaviors like misconduct are interpreted culturally, and what behaviors are considered normal and what are considered abnormal based on cultural standards. Along the way, we encountered examples of how those standards are further defined by discriminatory perspectives.

The U.S. "war on drugs" has disproportionately targeted African Americans, even though African Americans statistically have lower rates of drug use than whites. The fact that drugs with similar levels of toxicity that are predominantly possessed by minorities are punished more severely and subject to lengthy prison sentences is an indication of the highly discriminatory and disproportionate attitudes of American society toward minorities, including African Americans. While discriminatory attitudes are present in all aspects of society, we can assume that they are more pronounced in the case of deviance than in other aspects. 

3. Questions

In some cases, the punishment for deviant behavior is disproportionate to the social status and circumstances of the deviant (individual or group), such as in the case of disproportionate drug punishment in the United States. In the long run, will the deviant behavior be reinforced by the backlash against the punisher or deterred by the increased punishment?

Comments

  1. HongGyeongminMay 2, 2024 at 10:11 PM

    If disproportionate punishment continues, I think the deviation will be strengthened because of the people who oppose it. So, I think it will be resolved to some extent if punishment is applied fairly to people with relatively strong social positions (politicians, etc.).

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