W9.2 May 3 KimMinJeong(김민정)

 1. Summary


Among sociology, I read materials that explain the theory of deviation. Deviation is often divided into two types of deviant activities. First, crime is an act that violates officially enacted laws and is called a formal deviation. Examples of formal deviations include robbery, theft, rape, murder, and assault. The second type of deviant behavior refers to a violation of informal social norms, that is, norms not codified by law, and is called informal deviation. Deviations can vary considerably from culture to culture. Considering that cultural norms are relative, what you need to break away from them is also relative


2. What I learned


Deviation can be explained in many types. There are also psychological and biological elements, and there are social-tense typology, structural functionalism, conflict theory, and labeling theory. Among them, structural functionalism argues that deviant behavior plays an important role in society for a number of reasons. In a sense, people need a deviation in order to know what they can and cannot do. Conflict theory argues that deviation is caused by inequality and injustice. Labeling theory is also called the stigma theory, which argues that people become deviant as a result of forcing their identity and adopting it.


3. Question


It is said that crime belongs to one type of deviance, but do you think it is right to consider inhumane acts such as murder to be part of deviance for social deviance?


Comments

  1. I think it's right. Just as there are various fields in sociology, I believe that deviance is also divided into many fields. We think of deviance as a lower category and inhumane acts as a narrow upper category. Since deviance itself is defined as an act that goes against social norms, inhumane acts can also be considered a part of deviance.

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