Defining Crime and Deviance
- Created by: Rachellowe
- Created on: 19-02-18 17:41
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Defining Crime and Deviance
Definitions of crime and deviance
Crime = behaviour which breks laws and is punished by the legal system
Deviance = behaviour which goes against the norms, and values and expectations of social group or society
Crime is mostly deviant, but not all deviance
Crime and Deviance are socially constructed
- crime and deviance are culturally determined
- Plummer (1979) made a distinction between situational deviance and societal deviance
Situational deviance means…
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