National Institutes of Health
Pub Med: Extending Mertonian Norms: Scientist Subscription to Norms of Research
Presents a research study done to investigate to what extent scientists adhered to the four norms set out by Robert K. Merton, and what other principles scientists subscribed to. It explains Merton's four norms - communality,...
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Theories of Deviance
A comprehensive look at different theories of social deviance and their variants. These include rational choice, structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theories.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: Deviance: Structural Functional Theory
Explains how structural functional theory can be used to explain social deviant behavior. Describes four functions of deviance that were identified by Durkheim, and the deviant and conformist ways that individuals respond to...
Other
Science Blogs: Adventures in Ethics and Science: Basic Concepts: Norms of Science
Explains what Robert K. Merton meant by the norms of science, and summarizes the four norms highlighted by Merton. These are Universalism, 'Communism' or the sense of being part of a community, Disinterestedness, and Organized...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Sociology: Sociological Theories of Deviance
Outlines the four main perspectives of what social deviance is: social strain typology, structural functionalism, conflict theory, and labeling theory.