From a sociological perspective, deviance is defined as the violation or drift from the accepted social norms.

the initial stage in defining deviant behavior.

an approach to behavioral and social change.

Normalization of deviance, according to American sociologist Diane Vaughan, is the process in which deviance from correct or proper behavior or rule becomes culturally normalized.

The deviance information criterion is a hierarchical modeling generalization of the Akaike information criterion.

Workplace deviance, in group psychology, may be described as the deliberate (or intentional) desire to cause harm to an organization – more specifically, a workplace.