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DEVIANT BEHAVIOR by: Juvy Pascua
NATURE AND MEANING OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
Deviant behavior is a form of behavior which goes beyond the expected or approved behavior of the group. It is a behavior which maybe be tolerated, approved or disapproved by the group. What is considered deviant in one society may not be considered as such in another. What is deviant in a particular society at a particular place and time may not be considered as deviant at a future time.
THEORIES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
1. SOCIAL PATHOLOGY – explains that deviant behavior is caused by actual physical and mental illness, malfunctions or deformities.Solutions: Education, re-education, hospitalization, rehabilitation, imprisonment, capital punishment.
2. BIOLOGICAL THEORY – relates that behavior is a result of genetic aberrations. Cesare Lombroso – an Italian criminologist who studied the skulls and bodies of many prisoners, reported that there are “animalistic” physical patterns found in criminals, savages and apes; that people with enormous jaws, high cheekbones, and prominent superciliary arches – are born criminals. Charles Goring – a British physician, who found no differences between criminals and ordinary citizens. Witkin (1976) – found that prisoners with an XYY chromosome pattern or with an extra Y chromosome (a normal man has an XY chromosome pattern) might predispose themselves to deviance. Danish study – the researchers speculated that men with an extra Y chromosome are less intelligent and easier for the police to catch. Solutions: Education, re-education, hospitalization, rehabilitation, imprisonment, capital punishment, and behavior modification.
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY – relates that behavior is brought about by inner tensions or inability to control one’s impulses and failure to structure one’s behavior in an ordinary way. Solutions: Psychiatry, psychological counseling, hospitalization, and rehabilitation; shock therapy.
4. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY – believes that
NATURE AND MEANING OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
Deviant behavior is a form of behavior which goes beyond the expected or approved behavior of the group. It is a behavior which maybe be tolerated, approved or disapproved by the group. What is considered deviant in one society may not be considered as such in another. What is deviant in a particular society at a particular place and time may not be considered as deviant at a future time.
THEORIES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
1. SOCIAL PATHOLOGY – explains that deviant behavior is caused by actual physical and mental illness, malfunctions or deformities.Solutions: Education, re-education, hospitalization, rehabilitation, imprisonment, capital punishment.
2. BIOLOGICAL THEORY – relates that behavior is a result of genetic aberrations. Cesare Lombroso – an Italian criminologist who studied the skulls and bodies of many prisoners, reported that there are “animalistic” physical patterns found in criminals, savages and apes; that people with enormous jaws, high cheekbones, and prominent superciliary arches – are born criminals. Charles Goring – a British physician, who found no differences between criminals and ordinary citizens. Witkin (1976) – found that prisoners with an XYY chromosome pattern or with an extra Y chromosome (a normal man has an XY chromosome pattern) might predispose themselves to deviance. Danish study – the researchers speculated that men with an extra Y chromosome are less intelligent and easier for the police to catch. Solutions: Education, re-education, hospitalization, rehabilitation, imprisonment, capital punishment, and behavior modification.
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY – relates that behavior is brought about by inner tensions or inability to control one’s impulses and failure to structure one’s behavior in an ordinary way. Solutions: Psychiatry, psychological counseling, hospitalization, and rehabilitation; shock therapy.
4. SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY – believes that