Informally Deviant Group in Contemporary U.S

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From a sociological perspective, informal deviance relates to actions or conduct that both go against the social norms and the guidelines that have gotten raised formally and are also going against social norms in an informal way (Boundless N.pag). For this essay, I select the Crips as the informal deviance group in the U.S.
The Crips initially served as a social group. It began as a grassroots organization comprising of African Americans that were responding to killings, jailing and arrests of much black youth by authorities (Grinnell College N.pag). Theirs was resistance and justice in times of hopelessness for the blacks but later turned violent with bloodshed.
The media has the played the role of how the new members joined the group. The press initially displayed the Crips negatively with murder, violence, and theft (Grinnell College N.pag). That reshaped the perception of Crips and many became interested in joining the group to benefit from the activities. As the number of members increased, the group changed from being productive to a disastrous gangster. The labeling theory fits the Crips group. The media shifted and exaggerated the group’s intentions. It sends the information that the oppressed community members are dangerous that has gotten implanted in the society and the minds of the oppressed.
Deviance equally plays roles that may be of importance to society. It helps in bringing change in the community.

That happens when an activity that is deviant gets recognition and turns to be legitimate (Deviance and Social Control N.pag). It equally helps people responding to change as an alternative lifestyle as deviants introduce change drastically. It also serves as a method to specific groups in bringing their agendas to the community.
Deviant groups and individuals help in making mainstream communities as they offer a foundation for understanding disruption and community recalibration and the society gradually adopt traits that are stigmatized (Boundless N.pag)
Individuals benefit from taking part in social deviance by assessing their values and changes the deviant conduct that risks the realization of those values. That helps in establishing values that lower the feeling of self-rejection (Kaplan &Howard 13).
The deviant group helps the societies in creating solidarity and stability by considering the acceptable and non-acceptable behavior in the community and uniting people (Boundless Sociology N.pag)
Works Cited
“Boundless Sociology.” The Functionalist Perspective on Deviance, https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/the-functionalist-perspective-on-deviance/
Boundless. “Boundless Sociology.”Lumen, https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-sociology/chapter/deviance/
Deviance and Social Control, www.people.vcu.edu/~jmahoney/deviance.htm.
Grinnell College. “The CRIPS.” Subcultures and Sociology, http://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/the-crips/
Kaplan, Howard B., and Robert J. Johnson. Social deviance: Testing a general theory. Springer Science & Business Media, 2001.