Deviance and Crime
Difference between crime and deviance: Violation of state criminal law is called crime while the violation of social norms of a society is called deviance. Agents of control from crimes are police and judiciary and other law enforcement agencies while in case of deviance agents of control from deviance or societal pressure or fear of god. Government has the power of punishment to deal with the crime while in case of deviant society has no coercive power. Crime is always criminal in nature and is punishable by the penal code of a specific country while deviance is informally violation of societal norms it is not punishable by the penal card but the deviant person will face resistance and harsh response from the society. Violation of law makes deviance a crime while in case of deviance a social change make a behavior as deviant behavior. Crime is considered as severe in nature its intensity is severe while in case of deviance it is not considered as severe in nature by the justice sy