No; deviance is something non-normative, different, so being vegan in a largely carnivorous community is also considered deviant.
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Define deviance
Deviance is anything that deviates from what people generally accept as normal.
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What are strange looks from people towards a person with purple hair called? Define them please
Strange looks are a form of social control - attempts by society to regulate people's thought and behaviors in a way that limit, or punish, deviance.
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How many types of sanctions are there? What are they called?
Negative and positive sanctions
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What are negative sanctions? Give some examples
Negative sanctions are negative social reactions towards deviance, for example, someone judging your taste in food /that you sleep with a teddy bear in your 30s
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What are positive sanctions? Give some examples
Positive sanctions are affirmative reactions, usually in response to conformity.
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What are folkways?
Folkways are behavioral patterns formed in everyday life, norms
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What is the difference between formal and informal sanctions?
Informal sanctions are usually placed against those who are not criminally deviant; the act deviantly, but don't break the law. Formal sanction are the opposite
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Name 3 components of the criminal justice system
The police, the courts and the prison system.
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What are the reasons behind someone acting deviantly?
Biological and psychological
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An Italian physician, Cesare Lambrose, thought that they are biological characteristics of deviants. What are they?
