Conformity and deviance are two ways in which people respond to real or imagined pressure from others. This chapter examines the mechanisms of social control that society uses to encourage conformity to social norms. After reading this chapter you should be able to:
| 1. Differentiate between conformity and obedience. |
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| 2. Understand why some norms become laws. |
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| 3. Discuss the relationship between law and society. |
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| 4. Define deviance. |
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| 5. Discuss Merton's anomie theory of deviance. |
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| 6. Explain what the term cultural transmission means. |
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| 7. Summarize the basic arguments of routine activities approach and the societal-reaction approach. |
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| 8. Compare and contrast the conflict and feminist perspectives of crime with that of anomie, differential association, routine activities, and labeling theories. |
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| 9. Differentiate between professional crime, organized crime, white-collar crime, and victimless crime. |
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| 10. Discuss why crime statistics are considered unreliable data. |