Lesson Title: Crime and Deviance

Key words:•Deviance, •Crime,• Historical Deviance, •Situational Deviance, •cross-cultural deviance,• Relative deviance

Lesson Objective: To distinguish between the concepts of crimes and deviance

Starter:In pairs, sort out the cards on your desk into whether they are crimes or not. (5 mins)Extension:If they are not crimes, what might they be?

Nose picking

Israel

Forgetting your wife’s birthday

Samoa

Criticising the Royal Family

Thailand

Eating in church

Italy

Taking photos in an airport

Kazakhstan

Smoking on the street

Singapore

Paying for something only

with pennies

Canada

Wearing a bikini or showing your chest

on the streets

Barcelona

Urinating in the seaPortugal

Passing wind in public

Florida

• They are all both deviant and criminal acts, but not just necessarily in Britain.

• What is regarded as deviant and criminal is dependent on the norms of the society.

What does this mean??

Lesson Objective: To distinguish between the concepts of crimes and deviance

All (D): To understand that deviance is socially constructed and differentiate between criminal and deviant acts

Most (C/B): To define deviance and give examples of how ideas about deviance change over time, from society to society and situation to situation

Some (A/A*): To analyse whether all deviance is relative and explain why ideas about deviance are not constant across time and cultures

What is the difference between crime and deviance?

• Deviance is going against social ‘norms’ (a society’s beliefs about how people should behave). E.g. Adults drinking in the street

• A crime is when you act against criminal law. E.g. Drinking under-age

Lesson Objective: To distinguish between the concepts of crimes and deviance

• It is the social reaction that defines an act as deviant. • Acts of Deviance vary between CULTURES, SITUATIONS,

PLACES AND TIME.

BFGW

music on train

Tribe

cougars

As we watch the following clips, answer1. why they are deviant or criminal

behaviours.2. Why do you consider the behaviour

deviant/criminal?3. Ext: Would the behaviour be

considered deviant or criminal in ALL countries?

There are FOUR types of deviant behaviour, because not all behaviour is considered deviant in ALL countries, at all times and in all situations, deviance is considered to be RELATIVE (Dependant on other factors)

Match the correct definition to the key word!!KEY WORD DEFINITION

Cross- Cultural Deviance Something that is deviant only at certain times

Historical Deviance Something that is deviant only in certain situations

Situational Deviance Something that is not a crime

Legal Deviance Something that is deviant in certain cultures but not in others

Most of you should give an example for each type of deviance, especially if you are working at grade B and above! I will be asking some of you for examples! Eg cross cultural –being naked in your community is acceptable in certain tribal cultures but not in other countries such as the UK

Debate:In pairs, write a speech on whether you believe

Deviance should be defined universally so that it is illegal in ALL countries.

You have 10 minutes to do this, use the sheet to help you.

TWO groups will then use their speech to take part in a debate!

Debate: Should deviance be defined and made illegal across all cultures?TWO pairs will now take part in the debate. The rest of you listen carefully so you can ask questions to challenge their points (when asked to)

Lesson Objective: To distinguish between the concepts of crimes and deviance

Plenary:Which group did you agree with in the debate? Explain why, giving TWO things you thought they did well and ONE target for next time.Extension: Why do you think ideas about deviance are not constant (across all countries) Consider Social Reactions, cultures’ social norms and values

Homework:

Create an information poster which explains the difference between crime and deviance.

You should:• Provide definitions of each term• Give examples of each• Explain how deviance is relativeExtension: Why deviance cannot be consistent

across all situations and cultures.