Deviances

Deviance
Deviance happens usually where people would expect most. Deviance is any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs. Most of us are familiar with behavioral deviance; based on people intentions and actions. Some examples that these actions occur most are high school hallways, malls, movie theatres, sports games.
Cliques in high school are easily made up by the different social activities that are provided/offered. However, cliques can be also noticed by how people dress, their hobbies, or even sports. According to Jankowski, adolescents in some peer cliques may [hate against typical] cultural beliefs and values but [instinctively confide to inner] cultural dress styles, attitudes, and behavior. Those who think of themselves as “cowboys” think that it consists of being able to ride a horse, rope cattle, and wearing your boots outside of your jeans. Granted most cowboys do have these trademarks, but others just try to act this way.
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A group of girls are walking through the city mall. People glance and see them wearing similar clothing styles, hair almost the same, and then they notice that one girl tends to stand out more than the others. She is dressed slightly different, has that awkward vibe that sets her apart from the others. Certain ones may think that she belongs but she really knows that the clique secretly talks behind her back. Otherwise known as a “spoiled identity” according to Goffman.

Who really defines deviance? Are some behaviors, beliefs, and conditions inherently deviant? Deviance is often viewed as inherent in certain kinds of behavior or people. Definitions of deviance vary widely from place to place, from time to time, and from group to group. For example, the way that college students dress today for classes easily violated established dress codes in the past in many schools.
The behavior can also differ in the amount of sternness, starting from mild deviances to more serious errors. Have you ever turned in a homework assignment late or ditched a class? If so you have breached the way people expect you to be. Granted you will soon pay for the consequences of your own actions. Either way it is still committing a crime. Crime is a behavior that violates criminal law and is punishable with fines, jail terms, and/or other negative sanctions. Which in this instance it would include digging deeper to juvenile delinquency, which refers to a violation of law or the commission of a status offense by young people.
So who defines deviance? Simple. We do. We are in control of our own actions and were taught to obey. Even though we tend to find a small speed bump in the mall parking lot, we know that what we do and how we act does reflect others in the process.