Examples Of Bad Deviance

Deviance is sociological term used to describe a behaviour which is not accepted by society, it could be formal where the law is broken (crimes) such as robbery, murder and rape or informal where societal norms are not followed (Anon. n.d). This can differ depending on an array of contexts such as cultures, time period and balances in society which causes it to be challenging to determine what deviance in that environment is. As a result, deviance, in a broader perspective, is difficult to identify. However, these deviances can be considered negative and/or positive based on the theories of sociologists, criminologists. The aim of this essay is to explore whether deviance is good or bad or is grey area entirely. Nevertheless, deviance is dependent
The diversity of cultures however has a common trait; each has rules and regulations, and where there are rules there is bound to be deviance. Deviance in a culture, deviating from its rules and regulations is not necessarily damaging. China is an example of deviance and how it does not destroy culture yet shape it. During the time of the emperors, China was ruled strictly with no compromising; many died and were forced to bow before the rulers who were thought to be Gods. A deviant by the name of Mau Zedong came to play. He deviated from the nationalist ways and turned it into Communist China. This led to Deng Xiaoping to again deviate from the communist way and turned China into the current, modern China. But it could never have been done without anyone deviating from the norm of the old culture, China has not lost its culture and heritage, it morphed, for the better. However, we can also say that cultural deviance in light of the Islamic state group is the negative of cultural deviance; they deviate against the real teachings of Islam that mentions not about the horrific cruel deeds performed. Deviance in culture can be positive yet in can also turn defective if we do not know when to stop deviating or what we should deviate