Social Construction Of Deviance:PLUMMER

Question 1

1.key idea

Answer 1

Deviance= socially defined

Question 2

2. Non-deviant crime?

Answer 2

Majority commit acts of deviance but don’t see them as deviant (littering)

Question 3

3. Time

Answer 3

Definition of deviance changes over time (smoking)

Question 4

4. Culture

Answer 4

Deviance is culturally relative (alcohol)

Question 5

5. Social group

Answer 5

Some behaviours only acceptable to certain groups (tattoos)

Question 6

6. Place/context

Answer 6

Definition of deviance depends on where and how it takes place (fighting)