DAVIANCE AND CRIME

What Is Deviance ?

Deviance means violation of norms of society.

Deviancy consists of behavior that differs
from norms and values of wider society.
Most cases of deviant behavior are legal but
in some cases their behavior results in
criminal activity.

Who Is A Deviate ?
One mechanism for identifying and
responding to persons to be labeled as
deviates is the medicalisation of deviance.
This is a mental manipulation which takes the
eccentric and suggests that the reason for
the aberration is rooted in disease, or at least
incomplete health.

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Folk Devils

Panic creators of
society
Asylum Seekers Scapegoats for
problem
Laws
Codified Norms
Goths
_ Criminal act
performers
Mores
Typical morals of
particular society

Social Change And

Innovation As Deviance
Another aspect of deviation is its
role in social change. Urbanization itself is a
social change, and urban communities tend to
change more rapidly than rural ones.
However social change may come about,
whoever is first is a deviate by definition.
Invention, discovery and innovation are all
social deviations at first, until they become
the accepted social norms.

What Is Crime ?

Violation of criminal law of society.

Any offence or wrong doing.
A foolish, senseless or shameless act.
An act punishable by law, usually considered
an evil act.
A breach of rules and laws.

Types Of Crime

Casual Crime
Occasional Crime
Pseudo criminal
Ordinary Crime
Professional Crime
Organized crime
Criminaloid
Habitual Criminals
Epileptic Criminal

Casual Crime
A casual crime is the kind of crime
people commit when they dont think theres
any real chance of being caught and no one
they knew will be hurt by it.

For example :
Disobeying the traffic
rules.

Occasional Crime
The occasional criminal only performs the
act if the opportunity occurs in his/her
routine of daily life.
For example:
Someone is walking by a car &
it happens to be unlocked & the person
notices they might take their car stereo, etc.

The Pseudo criminal

Individuals who become criminals by
mere accident
For example :
Killing in self-defense. These
criminals are also called Judicial Criminals.

Ordinary Crime
Adopting crime as a career is
considered an ordinary crime.
For example :
Minor steeling from stores and
malls in absence of everyone.

Professional Crime
Professional criminals are highly skilled. Their
planning and execution is excellent. They share their
boundaries with white collar crime.
Professional criminals are further classified as :
a) Blue Collar Crime :Criminals in labour are called blue
collar criminals.
b) White Collar Crime :Criminals having respectable status
in society are known as white collar criminals. It
involves financial transactions, politicians
,businessmen, doctors and teachers committing some
kind of crime.

Organized Crime
Organized crime is considered as one
of the major threats to human security,
impeding the social, economic, political and
cultural development of societies worldwide.
For Example :
Hijacking , kidnapping and bank
robbery etc.

Criminaloid
These are criminals who suffer
from a milder form of the disease so that
without adequate cause criminality is not
manifested or considered. These are
individuals with weak natures who can be
swayed by circumstances to commit crime.
Often showing hesitation before committing
crime.

Habitual Criminals
Individuals who regard the systematic
violation of the law in the light of an ordinary
trade.
For example :
Include those convicted of
theft, fraud, arson, forgery and blackmail.

Epileptic Criminal
For occasional criminals who commit
slight offences, in circumstances which show
that they are not of a dangerous type are
known as epileptic criminals.

Sin And Vice

Sinis an offence against God, a
transgression against the divine law and any
thought, desire, word, an act or omission
against that law.
Vice is causing injury to oneself.
Vicious are included in crime but are not
exactly regarded as crimes as they cause
harm to themselves. As drinking , prostitution
etc cause harm to individual only.