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- Title
Deviance as a search process.
- Authors
Tepperman, Lorne
- Abstract
The article focuses on deviant behavior during search process. A "search process" is a set of steps followed in order to find something that is lost or otherwise hidden from sight. Something can be learned about the structure of deviant behavior-the likelihood of deviant acts by an individual, the rate of occurrence in a place or group, and the steps through which deviant behavior comes to fruition-by examining search processes in general and deviance as a particular search process. Not only may deviant intentions require hardware or persons to serve as facilitators in bringing deviant intentions to fruition, but they may also require other persons to provide social-psychological support for a "solo" or group performance. Searches might first be categorized according to whether the object of the search is approved or disapproved by the community. The analysis of search processes began during the Second World War, in response to the problem of detecting enemy vessels in open sea. This task of detection is in some respects like, and in other respects unlike, finding marijuana in Saskatoon or an abortionist in Quebec City.
- Subjects
HUMAN behavior; PERSONS; SEARCH &; rescue operations; COMMUNITIES; WAR; PERFORMANCE
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1975, Vol 1, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
0318-6431
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/3340413