Deviance is the recognized violation of cultural norms. We as a society follow norm all the time so the word Deviance as more than one explanation.
Braking the law by committing a crime is deviance, could be a minor parking ticket to a murder.
But not only bad behaviors are categorized as deviance, also a person very enthusiastic about a new movie, somebody that protest for the right reasons.
Also Deviance is not only an action or choice, it could be something that is very existence like a disable person can be viewed differently (not necessarily in a bad way) to another person. Somebody of color in a group of white racist people.
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