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Social Deviance
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When a person is asked to think of he or she may think of images that are ignorant and appalling. The definition of deviant behavior varies from one person to another, but Albert Cohen has attempted to specify some of the assumptions and definitions. Cohen defines deviant behavior as “behavior whi ....
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....econfirming the collective consciousness and the common basis of society. When society condemns one who does not conform to the norms of society it reinforces the cohesiveness and the norms of the group.
To prove his thoughts that a society can never be free of deviance because deviance will always be redefined according to the society, Durkheim uses the example of a “society of saints.” This is suppose to create the image of a completely deviance free society. He suggests that in this society.... |
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