ABSTRACT
Relative nature of deviance — Legitimate and illegitimate definitions — Opportunity structures: legitimate and illegitimate — A general theory of deviance — Information modifies definitions of deviance — Types of information — Systems, individuals, and deviance — Sinners, saints, and the system — The role of the victim — Individuals as scapegoats for systems — Information loops and definitions of deviance — Progressions,good and bad — The genenl model — Some supporting evidence for feedback models — Some general observations in relation to the theory — Implications for action
