A person who is different from a society that commits acts that are contrary to moral or legal norms is defined as the owner of deviant behavior. It differs from others in the non-acceptance of social norms, aggression, and the ability to act unreasonably, contrary to the human gut. Deviant behavior is the inability to control your actions, to manage your mental state. In particular, these signs are manifested under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Such people immediately stand out from society by disobedience and freethinking. Disobedience is one of the main features of this person.
Deviant behavior confirms this, a person does not fit into any framework and is not even able to adapt to the surrounding society. His behavior can even be dangerous. The concept of deviant behavior is deciphered in a narrow and broad sense. In the narrow - these are people who differ from generally accepted norms of behavior, but do not pose a danger to society. But broadly,
human behavior threatens others and entails criminal liability. Such people commit criminal acts, and in
psychology, the behavior of such individuals is called delinquent.
Forms of deviant behavior:
- alcoholism;
- addiction;
- suicide;
- crime;
- homosexuality;
- prostitution;
- mental disorders.
Among them, pronounced negative forms are considered: drug addiction, crime, alcoholism, suicide. F. Pataki defines traits characteristic of people who are characterized by deviant behavior. It:
- aggressiveness;
- conflicts in the family and society;
- unwillingness to learn;
- low level of intelligence;
- associative type of behavior.
Diagnosis and prevention of deviant behavior
Based on the statistics of sociologists, we can say that 30% of society have different forms of deviant behavior. Moreover, these 30% are in turn divided into those that pose a danger to humanity, and those that are simply distinguished by unusual behavior. But they do not carry a threat, on the contrary, everyone admires their behavior, believing that these people, thanks to their originality, will be able to achieve great heights in life.
We completely forgot about the remaining 70%, which are not distinguished by anything special. They are called average residents, and some philosophers - gray mass.
The causes of deviant behavior must be sought, first of all, in childhood, and also pay attention to the position of the patient in the family. Prevention, carried out on time, will help protect a person from these deviations from the norms of behavior. Diagnosis of deviant behavior is not carried out without taking into account the biological data of a person. Caesar Lombroso claims that the causes of such deviations should be sought in the characteristics of the physique of the individual. Later, this theory was rejected, and psychologists revealed that the manifested deviant behavior is a consequence of a genetic predisposition. That is, such a feature is inherited, but still it was not possible to completely displace the biological theory. Some biological abnormalities predispose to the development of deviant behavior.