SOCIAL DEVIATION AND

SOCIAL WORKS

ARRELEE A. MANGASPAR
BS SOCIAL WORKS
SOCIAL DEVIATION
REFERS TO THE
BEHAVIOR OF AN
INDIVIDUAL OR
GROUP THAT
AGAINST TO SOCIAL
VALUES AND NORMS
OF THE SOCIETY.
ITS IS DEFINED IN TERMS
OF ‘BREAKING SOCIAL
RULES’ AND THESE RULES
ARE ESTABLISHED TO
HELP PEOPLE LIVE
TOGETHER.
DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IS
SOCIALLY
UNACCEPTABLE AS IT IS
DAMAGING TO THE
SOCIAL RULES THAT BIND
SOCIETY TOGETHER.
 ALTHOUGH DEVIANCE MAY
HAVE A NEGATIVE
CONNOTATION, THE
VIOLATION OF SOCIAL
NORMS IS NOT ALWAYS A
NEGATIVE ACTION;
POSITIVE DEVIATION EXISTS
IN SOME SITUATIONS.
ALTHOUGH A NORM IS
VIOLATED, A BEHAVIOR CAN
STILL BE CLASSIFIED AS
POSITIVE OR ACCEPTABLE.
 THE VIOLATION OF NORMS CAN
BE CATEGORIZED AS TWO FORMS

The Formal deviance and Informal deviance

Formal Deviance refers to
the actions that violates the
established laws of the
society. An individual that
commits a crime needs to
face the consequences of
his/her actions that against
the society.
Informal Deviance violates the
social norms that have not been
codified by the law. It refers to
the fact that an individual (or
group of individual) might
slightly non conformist to the
general trend of society. It does
not constitute an illegal act.
THE OBJECTIVIST,
DEVIANCE IS EASILY
DEFINED, WIDELY
UNDERSTOOD AND BASED
ON CONSENSUS.

DEVIANCE IS MALA EN SE,

ACTS THAT ARE
INHERENTLY WRONG,
REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THEY ARE
PROHIBITED BY LAW AND
CONSIDERED BOTH
MORALLY WRONG AND
CRIMINALLY WRONG.
WHILE THE SUBJECTIVIST,
DEVIANCE CONSTRUCTS
PERSPECTIVE AND
THOUGHT DEVIANT LABEL
THAT PRODUCE A DEVIANT
BEHAVIOR. IT ALSO
DEPENDS ON THE CULTURE,
GENDER AND OTHER
FACTOR.
DEVIANCE IS MALA
PROBIHITA, CRIMES THAT
ARE NOT NECESSARILY
CONSIDERED MORALLY
WRONG.
SOCIETY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON A
PERSON’S BEHAVIOR.
BOTH OBJECTIVISM AND SUBJECTIVIST
ARE VOLUNTARY AND SELF-WILLED.
SOCIAL WORKERS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED TO UNDERSTAND THE
DEVIANT, ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR OF CLIENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE MORE
EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES. SOCIAL WORK FUNCTIONS AND
TREATMENT PROCESSES ARE CLARIFIED AS HAVING ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
OF MORAL HELPFULNESS TO PEOPLE WITH REGARD TO THEIR DEVIANT
BEHAVIOR.
 THANK YOU !

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