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deviant behavior - ️️nonconformity to/violation of a set of cultural norms informal deviance - ️️minor transgressions of norms formal deviance - ️️crime; violation of norms that have been codified into law (not all crime is deviant) ______________ can determine what is or is not considered deviant. - ️️social status Biological/psychological perspective on deviance - ️️Caesar Lombroso observed physical traits of criminals, but non criminals may have same features Functionalist perspective on deviance - ️️Durkheim said deviance is inevitable & performs useful functions: 1. brings people together (group solidarity) and 2. force innovation & change collective conscience - ️️part of functionalist pov on deviance; common set of norms & beliefs about how the world works; binds people together, encourages conformity, defines what is considered deviant and how it is punished anomie pertaining to deviance - ️️sense of aimlessness when norms no longer strongly guide individual behavior and social life is no longer predictable Strain Theory of deviance (Functionalist) - ️️Merton; anomie and deviance are built into the structure of modern society bc norms do not match social structure; says that anomie and deviance occur when a society doesn't give all its members equal means to achieve socially acceptable goals