SOCIAL DEVIANCE

Sociology and Anthropology

SOCIAL DEVIANCE

Deviance is behavior that some people in society find offensive and which excites, or would excite, if it were discovered, disapproval, punishment, condemnation, or hostility. Deviance is behavior that is likely to get you into trouble. Deviant behavior is outside the bounds of the group or society

-Goode, 1997:37

SOCIAL DEVIANCE

Reveals the underlying process by which some people get sucked into deviant lifestyles from which there appears to be no escape, highlighting the central role of social stigma on a person's identity.

-Stuart Henry

SOCIAL DEVIANCE

Deviating, as from what is considered acceptable behavior.

CAUSES OF SOCIAL DEVIANCE

Lack in Socialization Unpopular Social Laws Extra Ordinary Exploitation Cultural Invasion

TYPES OF SOCIAL DEVIANCE

“Good” or “Admired” behavior “Odd” behavior “Bad” behavior

EXAMPLES OF COMMON SOCIAL DEVIANCE :

HOMOSEXUALS

DRUG ADDICTS

TEENAGE PREGNANCY

PROSTITUTES

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

MENTALLY ILL

ATHEISTS

Cross-dressers

In relation with the nursing profession

In order for a nurse to communicate well with her

client, he/she must learn CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Cultural Diversity

is being respectful to other cultures besides your own.

is a term used to mean that a group or area contains people from many different cultures and backgrounds.