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Deviant Behavior Week 1 Doing Nothing https://www.youtube.com/embed/kgso3Y-l0h8?wmode=opaque&rel=0 Sociology - Norms: Societal expectations of behavior Mores (more-ays) - Big camp Murder Robbing a bank Cheating on a partner Folkways - Little camp No burping in public Shaking hands is societally necessary "Hey, how's it going?" - Don't tell your life story Breaking a societal norm, an act of deviance; deviating from societal norms Breaking a societal norm leads to social sanctions Receiving a crazy look Jail time Death penalty A big social norm for American society is the act of doing something, even when you're not doing anything. Fidgeting Fixing hair Fix clothing Using cellphone Reading

Doing nothing, just absolutely nothing, breaks social norms and makes people scared, angry, confused, and anxious. Introduction to Sociology - Deviance, Crime, and Social Control https://www.youtube.com/embed/5lZ2AjV307U?wmode=opaque&rel=0 Culture and social norms change over time. Deviance/deviant behavior and it's definition also changes over time. Depending on the culture, social norms may be different. Before 2006, it was illegal to get a tattoo in the state of Oklahoma, but marijuana was legal before Kansas. Weird. Why people violate social norms: Deviance vs. Crime: "Crime is formally defined act that has a written down statute and has a punishment that's associated with it." Criminal justice system: Composed of the police, the court system, and the correctional system. Purpose is to enforce the criminal code, the formal rules that the culture has created, to make sure that people follow the rules. What happens when the criminal justice system stops working and starts hurting the poorest people in the society? What happens when the criminal justice system only works for the rich? The people that are tasked with upholding the law are the deviants. Police, judges, government officials, correctional officers, etc. Embezzlement, forgery, nepotism, sexual abuse of staff and prisoners, murder, assault and battery of "suspects" (aka poor people of color)

Formal social control: A government agency, a policy agency, whose job it is to find people who are committing crime, to arrest them, and then take them into the criminal justice system. To isolate them from the rest of society, and then punish them or rehabilitate them. Informal social control: Someone doesn't something society doesn't approve of, we sanction them informally. "You shouldn't do that." or look at someone a funny way. The way we (group of people or individual) try to control people's behavior around us ourselves. Discussion: Introductions & What Is Deviance? This Discussion serves as your official entry into the course. Initial posts are due Thursday. This Week 1 Discussion must be submitted the first week of the course, no later than 11:55 p.m., ET, on Sunday to maintain your registration in the course. Students who do not post to this Discussion by 11:55 p.m., ET, Sunday will be automatically dropped from the course. Week 1 Please answer both of the discussion questions. What is the difference between societal and situational deviance? Offer examples that help to explain these differences. Which type of deviance are you more likely to experience in your daily life? Why? According to your book deviance is relative, meaning that definitions of deviance vary among countries and/or cultures. One area in which criminal has varied from country to country and even state to state is the topic of prostitution and sexuality. Do you believe that strip clubs should be illegal? Do you believe prostitution should be illegal? Are there exceptions? Do you think that the United States is a restrictive or permissive society when it comes to sexuality? Please use the discussion board to give arguments that support your positions.

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Remember that you first post should be posted by midnight on Thursday. All responses are due by midnight on Sunday. Your first post should be over 250 words. Responses should be over 150 words. This Discussion serves as your official entry into the course. Initial posts are due Thursday. This Week 1 Discussion must be submitted the first week of the course, no later than 11:55 p.m., ET, on Sunday to maintain your registration in the course. Students who do not post to this Discussion by 11:55 p.m., ET, Sunday will be automatically dropped from the course. Week 1 Please answer both of the discussion questions. What is the difference between societal and situational deviance? Offer examples that help to explain these differences. Which type of deviance are you more likely to experience in your daily life? Why? According to your book deviance is relative, meaning that definitions of deviance vary among countries and/or cultures. One area in which criminal has varied from country to country and even state to state is the topic of prostitution and sexuality. Do you believe that strip clubs should be illegal? Do you believe prostitution should be illegal? Are there exceptions? Do you think that the United States is a restrictive or permissive society when it comes to sexuality? Please use the discussion board to give arguments that support your positions. Remember that you first post should be posted by midnight on Thursday. All responses are due by midnight on Sunday. Your first post should be over 250 words. Responses should be over 150 words. From <https://myclassroom.apus.edu/d2l/le/content/138993/fullscreen/12289247/View? asv=True&skipHeader=False> Hello! My name is Parker Edwards and I'm a mom of 5 wild kids (one boy named Braxton 10, and four girls named Mia 7, Adalee 5, Norah 4, and Charlotte 3) and a wife. I'm currently a stay at home mom, but since my three oldest go to school all day and my 4 year old is in school part of the day, it's mostly just Charlie and I which means I have a great helper with my schoolwork. Haha. I'm extremely excited to take this class to continue in my Bachelors in Sociology degree. The difference between societal and situational deviance is pretty much what it says. Societal deviance is acts, beliefs, and traits that are considered "wrong" or "immoral" by a large audience and is usually more offensive acts, such as what is done by many powerful people or just people in power. Examples

could be embezzlement, forgery, nepotism, sexual abuse of staff and prisoners, murder, assault and battery of "suspects" (aka poor people of color), and many more. Situational deviance is acts, beliefs, and traits that are considered "wrong" or "immoral" based on the situation, location, or social group. Examples of this could be using amphetamines in the form of meth, which is illegal, however, it's acceptable to take in the form of Adderall for not just ADHD. Another would be that it's okay to get drunk and party at a bar or a club, but it's not okay to do that on the highway or in a moving vehicle, which is not just illegal in a formal legal setting, but I'd go as far to say it's informally illegal as well. As a mother, the type of deviance I am likely to experience in my daily life is situational. It's completely okay to order my children to do their chore, take a shower, or change their pull up. It would not be okay for me to go to my friend's house and start demanding they clean their house or take a shower. Also, as an autistic person, I've learned that it's not really socially acceptable to tell people that they smell bad or that their teeth are yellow. Just something to think on if you're neurotypical. I completely, totally, 100%, believe that any and all types of sex work should be legal. The only exceptions are with children and people that do not consent. The most important part of sex in general is consent, if you do not have it, you do not do it. Why shouldn't we provide a safe place for sex workers to make money and people that are wanting to pay the sex workers? As I see it, with my children, the moment I tell them they can't do something, they will do it, but they will do it behind my back, which is what we currently see with sex work. It's unregulated, unsafe, and extremely illegal because there is such a lack of consent.

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