Exploring Deviance through Norm-Centered Stigma Theory
Journal: Deviant Behavior
This special issue invites sociological and interdisciplinary analyses of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory (NCST) across multiple aspects of deviance. First conceptualized by Worthen in Queers, Bis, and Straight Lies (2020, Routledge), NCST is a theoretical framework that focuses on the importance of norms/norm violations, social power, and interactions among these to test the relationships between norms and stigma. Sinc…