Crash Course Sociology #19: Theory & Deviance

This video [9:45] focuses on theory and deviance; it is the 19th episode of the sociology course. In the last lesson, we introduced deviance as a concept, but today we're going return to our major paradigms in sociology and how each approaches deviance. We'll explore how structural functionalism sees deviance fulfilling a function in society; how deviance is constructed, according to symbolic interactionism; and finally, how conflict theory views deviance as tied to power and inequality.