Deviance

Going against society's norm would is an act of deviance. It can be either good or bad.Punishable deviance is a society construct because the society makes the laws and decides what people should and should not be allowed to do in the given society. We regulate punishable deviance in the US by having laws. Then the police jobs are to enforce the lawas and make sure that people aren't being deviant. If, though, someone decides to be deviant they get punished in some form or another. The more extreme the deviance is the more extreme the punishment will be. For example if someone were to speed, they would have to pay a fine for completing that act of deviance. Another example is robbing a bank in which you would get sent to jail for completling that act of deviance. With a few different things you can go to court and try to explain t0 the juge that your act is deviant enough so you shouldn't be punished, or you are so rarely deviant that this one little mistake you shouldn't be punsished for. Once the deviants are in jail they just have to stay in there. They are just commanded to stay in jail. throuhout the day they pretty much do what they like within the jail.