How Did Linda Andersen A Deviant Behavior
The Murder of Linda Andersen
Roman Williams
EN1320
August 29, 2014
The Murder of Linda Andersen; A deviant behavior perspective
The murder of Linda Andersen by her two teenage daughters (Bob Mitchell, “The class project” (2014) is a clear example of what started off as not breaking the law, but, after further review and supported speculation was found that the girls did in fact break the law by murdering their mother for illicit greed, motivated by visions of champagne holidays and expanded luxury. Their deviance, however, has been used in a narrow sense (Quinney, 1965; Robertson and Taylor, 1973, pp. 61-62). Rather than being seen as a particular type of deviance, this crime has been distinguished from deviance; when this distinction is made, the term deviance takes on a somewhat different meaning from a broad category of sanctionable behavior (Piers Beirne and James Messerschmidt, (2012). Deviant Behavior). Sociologically speaking, many crimes can be regarded as deviant forms of behavior, that is, behaviors that are some way abnormal. A crime may be defined as a violation of formal norms (that is, laws), whereas deviance may be defined as a violation of informal norms which may or may not be against the law (Ellen G. Cohn, (2014). Florida International University; The overlap between deviance and crime) …show more content…
The Andersen sisters cried over the phone, telling the operator that Linda Andersen could not be resuscitated. When police arrived, they believed Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen 's story. A year after the murder, Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen held a party. Sandra, who was drunk, told a male at the party about the murder of Linda Andersen that both she and Elizabeth had committed. He later went to the police to report what he was told. Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen were subsequently arrested, tried, and sentenced to 10 years in
Roman Williams
EN1320
August 29, 2014
The Murder of Linda Andersen; A deviant behavior perspective
The murder of Linda Andersen by her two teenage daughters (Bob Mitchell, “The class project” (2014) is a clear example of what started off as not breaking the law, but, after further review and supported speculation was found that the girls did in fact break the law by murdering their mother for illicit greed, motivated by visions of champagne holidays and expanded luxury. Their deviance, however, has been used in a narrow sense (Quinney, 1965; Robertson and Taylor, 1973, pp. 61-62). Rather than being seen as a particular type of deviance, this crime has been distinguished from deviance; when this distinction is made, the term deviance takes on a somewhat different meaning from a broad category of sanctionable behavior (Piers Beirne and James Messerschmidt, (2012). Deviant Behavior). Sociologically speaking, many crimes can be regarded as deviant forms of behavior, that is, behaviors that are some way abnormal. A crime may be defined as a violation of formal norms (that is, laws), whereas deviance may be defined as a violation of informal norms which may or may not be against the law (Ellen G. Cohn, (2014). Florida International University; The overlap between deviance and crime) …show more content…
The Andersen sisters cried over the phone, telling the operator that Linda Andersen could not be resuscitated. When police arrived, they believed Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen 's story. A year after the murder, Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen held a party. Sandra, who was drunk, told a male at the party about the murder of Linda Andersen that both she and Elizabeth had committed. He later went to the police to report what he was told. Sandra and Elizabeth Andersen were subsequently arrested, tried, and sentenced to 10 years in