Diversity of deviant

The paper will, therefore, focus to uncover the diversity of deviance in the United States. Depending on the society, deviant activities are often categorized into two major groups, which is the formal and informal. The level of punishment towards the activity committed also varies with formal acts receiving a harsher penalty (Matza et al. Generally, the formal acts re-counts to major criminal activities within a society as said by law and the informal deviance acts is normally verbalized by the social customs. Most of the formal deviance acts for example theft, rape and assassination are often disciplinary by law. Deviance acts occur in different forms, and therefore, in the United States, the majority of the societies are indeed exposed to various kind of deviance behaviors.