Lecture Eight: Deviance I

I. What is Deviance?

A. Defined

B. The Social Context of Deviance

C. Social Control and Deviance

II. Theories about Deviance. Why does it happen?

A. Biological

B. Psychological

C. Sociological

1. Structural Functionalist

Durkheim's Functions of Deviance

Merton's Strain Theory

Control Theory -- Hirschi

2. Symbolic Interactionist