The Role of the State Legislator in Massachusetts

deviance and deviant behavior in a preliminary way. There are at least two directions in which it can be explored. First, the main components and types of deviance and of deviant behavior, as analyzed by Parsons in The Social System, should be systematically studied in their relation to various types of reference group behavior. Second, looking into the development of deviant reference group orientations, and identification with them should prove fruitful. It seems that here, once more, an analysis in terms of communication, and similar terms, may be very profitable.