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In sociology, deviance describes an action or behavior that violates social norms, including a formally enacted rule (e.g., crime), as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores).n sociology, conflict theory states that society or an organization functions so that each individual participant and its groups struggle to maximize their benefits, which inevitably contributes to social change such as political changes and revolutions.
Main article: Antisocial behavior. Deviant behavior is behavior that is a recognized violation of social norms at its extreme it is antisocial behavior. Formal and informal social controls attempt to prevent or minimize deviance. One such control is through the medicalization of deviance.Acting upon certain discriminatory facts or problems. Deviance defines moral boundaries, people learn right from wrong by defining people as deviant. 2  A serious form of deviance forces people to come together and react in the same way against it. 3  Deviance pushes society's moral boundaries which, in turn leads to social change.