Topic > Erikson and Heckert's Sociology of Deviance

First of all, “community” refers to any organization in society, from small groups (family) to large groups (culture), in which group members share a cohesive relationship and a sense of belonging. In this system, “boundary maintenance” serves as a sense of distinguishing activity from group members to others within a broad environment, it is a way to create social space by differentiating between “we” and “we” mentalities. "They". It is possible to say that each of us creates our own moral and cultural identity within communities through the influence of the mass media, law enforcement agencies and other bodies by knowing deviant behaviors and their consequences. Therefore, maintaining boundaries functions as social solidarity, which refers to the idea of ​​division of labor and each role has its own function in society, to enable us to determine morally right behavior. Subsequently, the idea of ​​“commitment ceremonies” marks the formal phase of the nature of deviance, in which the deviant is placed in a highly dramatic environment, such as that of a prisoner. In today's society, this formal ritual definitely has destructive effects on life