1. Deviance may be defined statistically.

2. Deviance may be defined pathologically.

3. Deviance may be defined sociologically.

4. Deviance is socially created.

5. Deviance is viewed as violating social norms; crime is viewed as breaking the law.

6. Deviance is an act.

7. Deviance is in the eye of the beholder.

8. A behavior may be deviant or not at two different times.

9. A behaviour may be deviant or not depending on the geographic location of the act.

In which location would you like to be arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol?

Why?

10. There are levels of deviance.

11. Which acts are treated as deviant often depends on who commits the act.