POWER, CLASS, AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR

Power, Class, and Deviant Behavior

Power, Class, and Deviant Behavior

Introduction

Deviance behaviors are those behaviors that do not conform to social norms and are subject to stigma. This definition of deviance by its relation to the standards gives about its true extent. Indeed, virtually all our social life is organized by the standards (Humphrey, 2006). Among the possible forms of deviance are:

A crime: the offense results in a legal sanction (the standard is based on the law).

Variance: a simple departure from the habits that will not be punished but rated "eccentric" or "original" (the standard is shaken, but the behavior is not socially ...