Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society

The view that anomie results when socially defined goals (such as wealth and power) are universally mandated but access to legitimate means (such as education and job opportunities) is stratified by class and status.

Accept goals you aspire for, reject the proper norms of getting there. Ex. Wolf of Wall Street, Steve jobs

reject goals, accept means. Ex. Setting for less

Rejects goals and means, seek to replace them.

the view that people refrain from deviant behavior because diverse factors control their impulses to break social norms.

Our bonds impact our likelihood to be deviant. Four components: attachments, involvements, belief and commitment.

How attached you are to family and friends

How involved are you

Believing in rules and norms of society.

How committed you are to experience.

theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to number of deviant acts they are exposed to.

An explanation for crime and deviance that holds that people pursue criminal or deviant behavior to the extent that they identify themselves with real or imaginary people from whose perspective their criminal or deviant behavior seems acceptable.

holds that deviance results not so much from the actions of the deviant as from the response of others, who label the rule breaker a deviant

the initial act of rule breaking

subsequent acts of rule breaking that occur after primary deviance and as a result of your new, deviant label, the stigma attached to it and people's expectations of you

ways of thinking or rationalizing that help people deflect (or neutralize) society's norms

The offender will propose that they were victims of circumstance or were forced into situations beyond their control

The offender insists that their actions did not cause any harm or damage

The offender believes that the victim deserved whatever action the offender committed.

People who enforce the law (or exert informal control) and even victims are also corrupt, immoral, etc.

behavior is necessary to help others

Informal rules broken, informal social control

labelling by formal agents of social control