deviance

Some may abuse victims for reasons similar to male offenders – for example, to gain power, to retaliate against someone or because of sexual deviance.

The term “positive deviance” first appeared in the mid 1970s, but the approach did not gain traction until nearly two decades later.

Without approaches such as positive deviance that look at groups and individuals in the margins, “I just worry that we are missing a hugely important part of the picture,” Higgs says.

One concerning upshot of this is the medicalization of deviance, which can ultimately motivate biological intervention to eliminate behaviors considered non-normative or wrong.

In a 2013 study, psychologists designed a series of experiments to give people the opportunity to cheat on a puzzle, then measured how the deviance made them feel.

They were found guilty of practicing habitual debauchery and inciting others to sexual deviance because of the footage.

This is a novel about sexual deviance, relentlessness, and desire.

But his sexual deviance, sporadic drug addiction, and overreliance on hand-to-hand combat may not hold up to scrutiny.