@article{Stevens_2014, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Celebrities, Crime and Deviance: Understanding Formal and Informal Sanctions}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/celebrities-crime-and-deviance-understanding}, abstractNote={In this activity, students will learn how to distinguish informal deviance from crime (formal deviance), as well as distinguish informal social sanctions from formal social sanctions. Students will also be called upon to identify the connection between social sanctions and social norms. Celebrity biographies are used to apply the concepts of deviance, crime, informal social sanctions and formal social sanctions. Students discuss the concepts in small groups and then engage in a larger class discussion.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Stevens, Jennifer}, year={2014}, month={Oct.} }