Social Deviation and the Social Order

Abstract

For future teachers, these chapters deal with standards and normality in behavior in detail. The issues of social deviation, their function in society and social control issues are thoroughly discussed.

In the comprehensive overview of social deviations, individual theories of criminology with regard to children and youth are critically analyzed, up to general issues of crime and the social consequences of deviant behavior.

Keywords

• Socialization
• social deviance
• family
• peer group
• school socialization
• communications media
• deviance function
• theory of deviance
• crime, organized crime
• the consequences of deviations.