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Crimes vs Deviance - What's the difference?

crimes | deviance |

As nouns the difference between crimes and deviance

is that crimes is plural of lang=en while deviance is actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

crimes

English

Noun

(head)
    • ----

    deviance

    English

    (wikipedia deviance)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs
  • A person or thing that differs from the expected.

    • Related terms

    * deviant * deviation