SOC 225: module 5 cultural deviance and the formation of subcultures

Cultural
Deviance and
the Formation
of
Subcultures



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, Cultural Deviance Theories
focusing on lower class

➢ Attribute crime to a set of values that exist in
disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

➢ Lower-class people have a different set of values,
which tends to conflict with the values or norms of
the middle-class.




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, Cultural Deviance Theories

is notnecessary bad just different
➢
by behaviour that members of a
Deviance: any
social group define as violating their norms.
● Not necessarily bad, just different.


➢ Two major cultural deviance theories:
• Differential association theory
• Culture conflict theory




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