Approaching the Definition of Deviance

See also: Schneider, Andreas. 2000. "Deviant Advocate Groups". The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Deviant Behavior. English/American Publishing House, Taylor & Francis.

 

Introduce yourself

 

Steps in the Organization of Deviance

1. Primary Deviance

2. Secondary Deviance

3. Tertiary Deviance

 

One form of tertiary deviance is the organization in deviant advocacy groups

·  Deviant advocacy groups provide critical information for the identification and the acceptance of a label.

·  The group provides self esteem to people who identify themselves with the interest of the group.

·  An additional source of self esteem is provided by the differentiation between ingroup and outgroup.  

 

Dimensions of Deviance

(A) The normative-deviant-illegal continuum

(B) Acquired or ascribed form of deviance, and

(C) Goffman's  (1959) differentiation of discreditable and discredited forms of deviance.