Deviance is behavior that violates the established norms of a social group or society and elicits negative social sanctions or disapproval, encompassing both formal violations of law and informal breaches of social expectations.
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Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity
Postgraduate Medical Journal · 1969 · 14.3K citations · Full text
Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency
Gresham M. Sykes, David Matza · American Sociological Review · 1957 · 5.7K citations
FOUNDATION FOR A GENERAL STRAIN THEORY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY*
Robert Agnew · Criminology · 1992 · 4.9K citations
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University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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53 publications
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Pennsylvania State University
State College, United States
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University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, United States
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University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, United States
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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Arizona State University
Tempe, United States
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, United States
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ASR · 64 publications · 24.4K citations
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