Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
Different perspectives on whether deviance is a beneficial part of a healthy society.
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Mon Oct 20 2003
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
A LEVEL SOCIOLOGY Introduction Deviance is any non- conformist behaviour that is disapproved of by society or a social group, whether it is illegal or not. It is norm- breaking behaviour and can range from being eccentric to criminal activity. Deviance maybe positively sanctioned (remedies) or negatively (punished) or simply accepted or tolerated. For example a soldier on a battlefield, who risks his life beyond the call of duty, may be termed deviant, as may a scientist who breaks the rules of the discipline and develops a new theory. Their deviance may be positively sanctioned; the soldier might get a medal; the physicist the Nobel prize. In another sense, neither is deviant, since both conform to the values of their society, the soldier to the value of courage, the scientist to the value of academic progress. However some groups of deviants come from those who depart from the social norm because...
Get instant access
- Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
- Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
- To see the full version of this document and 147,187 others
Receive email updates for this category
- Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
- Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
- Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk
