Deviance

  It is very interesting to look 'Deviance' with the view of 'Structural-Functionalism'.

 In the Structural-Functionalism view, 'Deviance' must exist. The reason for that is, if there is a deviance, people can differentiate the good things and bad ones. Also, people can be more bonded by excluding the bad ones. In addition, 'Deviance' could make the society a balance which is 'unbalance'.

 There are lots of  theories of deviance. The most impressive and interesting theory is 'Anomi Theory'. There are two theories of Anomi. Durkheim's and Merton's. Durkheim's theory is that the society changes very fast so the norm couldn't follow the speed of society. In addition, the values couldn't be right in the position. Also, the old norm and the new norm could make the problem so the deviance can happen. 
 The Merton's is that for the people, there are only cultural aim and no institutional means. Therefore, because of unbalance, people have the deviance.

 Moreover, there are lots of specific deviance. For example, youth smoking is one of them. Youth are prohibited to smoke but they think it's cool and they want to do what the adults say no. So they smoke and it is a deviance.