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DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR AND

SOCIAL REACTION

Prepared By : Liza Sim Kim Kim for SIDMA COLLEGEPrepared By : Liza Sim Kim Kim for SIDMA COLLEGEPPG COURSE : ESB 2153-PSYCHOSOCIOLOGY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCESPPG COURSE : ESB 2153-PSYCHOSOCIOLOGY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

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What is Deviant Behaviour?

• Deviant behavior is behavior which does not adhere to widely-accepted social or cultural norms.

• Deviant behavior is behavior that is a recognized violation of cultural norms.



How Do Sociologists Define Deviant Behavior?

• Positivist Perspective– Absolutist view : deviant behavior is absolutely real– objectivist view : deviance is an observable object– determinist view : deviance is determined behavior, a product of

causation.

• Constructionist Perspective– relativist view : the so-called deviance is largely a label applied to

an act at a given time and place– subjectivist view : deviance is itself a subjective experience, and

the voluntarist view that deviance is a voluntary, self-willed act.



Social Learning TheorySutherland: Differential association.• deviant behavior is learned through one’s interaction

with others.• Differential association deviant behavior.

Glaser: Differential Identification.• deviants is harmless unless the individual identifies

with them.• Differential Association differential identification-

deviant behavior.



• Burgess and Akers: Differential reinforcement.– Offer the idea of differential reinforcement as the substance of the learning process.– Motivated to continue behaving certain way – rewarded to do so.– Discontinue the behavior-punished for it.

• Control Theory– What causes conformity – social control over individual.– The absence of social control causes deviance.

• Travis Hirschi (1969): Social bond and Self-Control– Strong bond to society ensure our conformity– 4 ways to bond them-self to society

• Attachment to conventional people and institution.• Commitment to conformity.• Involvement in conventional activities.• Belief in moral validity of social rules.



Braithwaite: Re-integrative shaming.• Two types of shaming: disintegrative and reintegrative.• Disintegrative shaming – wrongdoer is punished in such as be

stigmatized, rejected from society.• Reintegrative shaming – more positive – making wrongdoer feel

guilty while showing them understanding, forgiveness, or even respect.

• The Deterrence Doctrine– Focuses on formal social control (executed by judges and other law-

enforcement agents).



Social Reaction / Labelling Theory

• Social Reaction Theory proposes that when a person commits a crime; they will receive the label of "criminal".

• When a person is labeled as such by society, they are likely to accept this label as a part of themselves.

• Because the person now thinks of him/herself as a criminal, he/she is now likely to continue in his/her criminal behavior



Types of Deviant behaviour

• Interpersonal violence : Physical violence, rape and child molestation, family violence.

• Self-targeted deviance: suicide, mental disorder.• Diverse Lifestyle: heterosexual deviance, gays,

lesbian.• Substance abuse• Priviledge deviance: white-collar deviance.• Underpriviledge deviance: robbery, theft,

hijacking, shoplifting, organized crime, burglary etc.



How to Control Deviant Behaviour

• Informal social control : family, friends and acquaintances.

• Formal social controls: agencies given responsibility for dealing with violations of rules and laws.


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