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Outsiders—Defining Deviance - Lee Clarke
outsiders DefiningDevianceHOWARDBECKERIn this article, Howard Becker defines outsiders as individuals who breaka rule agreed on by a group. Becker also claims that rule breakers mayperceive a person who enforces the rule as an outsider. In other words,Becker argues, many different facets of deviant behavior are relative. This1963 piece established an early foundation for what has become known asthe interactionist theory of deviant social groups make rules and attempt, at some times and undersome circumstances, to enforce them. Social rules define situationand the kinds of behavior appropriate to them, specifying some actions as right and forbidding others as wrong.
Outsiders—Defining Deviance HOWARD BECKER In this article, Howard Becker defines “outsiders” as individuals who break a rule agreed on by a group. Becker also claims that rule breakers may
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