What is deviance? Why do sociologists use the term \"deviant\" as opposed to the

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What is deviance? Why do sociologists use the term "deviant" as opposed to the psychological term "abnormal"? Discuss the "range of tolerance" how it applies to different types of deviance. Also, how does it relate to time, place, situation, age, race, sex, social class, and other social variables? Define and discuss Goffman's concept of stigma. How does stigma affect a person's personal identity? How does it affect a person's social identity? How does it affect friends, family, etc., of the deviant? How does stigma help transform primary deviance into secondary deviance?

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Deviance states the divergent quality culture or behavior .it is also behavior that violates social standards.

It considered as abnormal because it is an unusual character of an individual who crossed norms. And social values.

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