Child Sexual Abuse: Breaking the Rules or Violating Definition of Deviance?

CHILD
SEXUAL
ABUSECHILD
SEXUAL
ABUSE

BREAKING THE RULES
OR VIOLATING

DEFINITION OF
DEVIANCEDEFINITION OF
DEVIANCE Deviance is the action or that behavior that
violates any social norms or mores (Bacon,
A. M., Lenton-Maughan, L., & May, 2018).
 There are certain informal deviation such as
rejecting the common way of behavior in a
particular society.
 There are certain formal deviance like
committing a murder or raping or lynching
someone.
 Sometimes when a norm is broken the
action can be considered as not deviant
because does not necessarily break any
rules.
 Cultures varies from society to society,
hence a kind of behavior that is considered
deviant in one society may not be
considered deviant In some other society.
Therefore all kinds of broken norms are not
deviant behavior.
 Deviance is relative which means that it
differs from society to society.
 The formal deviance which deals with
breaking the laws of a society is considered
to be deviant behavior, these rules are set by
the government and any one breaking it
would be considered deviant (Belmi et al.,
2018).
 Taboo in every society is deviance,
performing any taboo activity will be
considered deviant in all societies.
 Deviance affirm the cultural norms of every
 Deviance is the action or that behavior that
violates any social norms or mores (Bacon,
A. M., Lenton-Maughan, L., & May, 2018).
 There are certain informal deviation such as
rejecting the common way of behavior in a
particular society.
 There are certain formal deviance like
committing a murder or raping or lynching
someone.
 Sometimes when a norm is broken the
action can be considered as not deviant
because does not necessarily break any
rules.
 Cultures varies from society to society,
hence a kind of behavior that is considered
deviant in one society may not be
considered deviant In some other society.
Therefore all kinds of broken norms are not
deviant behavior.
 Deviance is relative which means that it
differs from society to society.
 The formal deviance which deals with
breaking the laws of a society is considered
to be deviant behavior, these rules are set by
the government and any one breaking it
would be considered deviant (Belmi et al.,
2018).
 Taboo in every society is deviance,
performing any taboo activity will be
considered deviant in all societies.
 Deviance affirm the cultural norms of every

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRIME
AND DEVIANCEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRIME
AND DEVIANCE
 DEVIANCE
 Violating the societal norms
can be considered deviant
 It can be criminal in nature
or it can be not criminal
(Blackman, 2014)
 It is sometimes not
punishable by law
 Differs from one society to
another.
 CRIME
 Violating any governmental
laws is a crime.
 It is always punishable by
law.
 It is always criminal in nature
 The crimes are same in all
societies but the punishment
differs from one society to
another.