Rule Enforcer Deviant

1. “Norms” are rules and expectations by which members of a society are conventionally guided. Failure to follow these set of rules would result in deviance, or deviant behavior. These rules are ultimately set by individuals and are different for every culture. However, by rules I do not mean laws. Laws are the legal variation of rules set by society and usually hold consequences much more severe when broken. Deviance pushes moral boundaries, and people learn right from wrong from when they’re young by identifying and defining people as deviant. An example would be, in my society, disobeying your parents when told to take out the trash. “Moral crusaders” can be an individual or a group that seeks to influence a society to adopt or maintain a certain norm. Moral crusaders …show more content…
There are rule creators and rule enforcers. Rule creators present the clear message of a social evil in need of being combated, to follow a rule or else you will be categorized as deviant. Rule enforcers have two drives, to justify their own role and to win the respect in such interactions. An example would be a teacher telling a student to quit chewing gum. as it is against the rules due to the nature of it distracting others. The child won’t be arrested for chewing gum, but being scolded by his/her teacher and peers wouldn’t be a great feeling either. There are many different categories of deviance and i’ll list a couple. The Cynical deviant is considered a professional criminal, including hired hitmen, an arsonist, a burglar, etc. Sometimes this type of deviant tries to use mental illness as a main strategy to duck and dodge the law enforcers. Usually their behavior is not a threat to the societal norms, although it calls for social management and repression. And the Enemy deviant is something