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    Irresponsible parents practice multiple forms of abuse and neglect‚ including abandonment‚ physical and emotional abuse and /or neglect. The first research article addressed kids being left alone in parks. I was interested in the deviance of that situation and also the deviance of other parents sometimes turning a blind eye to that child’s danger. ABC News conducted an experiment by playing out scenarios in parks with children left alone to see what other parents reaction would be. Schneider (a parent)

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    outside what the group sees as their normal the behavior is considered deviant (Adler & Adler‚ 2016). Society has made Sylvester out to be deviant because cultural norms see that he continually repeats an “unacceptable” behavior. This situation of deviance is one where the normal behavior isn’t considered but the consequences are in place because the situation expects certain behaviors which Sylvester isn’t willing to conform to therefore he continues to try to accomplish his goal. Many people in society

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    Department-Employee which has the relationship of one-to-many. The tables should contain primary and foreign keys (where needed). Do not create your own fields. Use the fields given to determine primary and foreign keys. Create three tables in Microsoft Access and input the data using forms (3 forms). Create a Form/Subform for the Department/Employee table and create a lookup column for BonusWitholdRate field in the Subsidiary table and Gender field in the Employee Table. Save the database as Subsidiary

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    Crime is socially constructed. What does this mean and how does ‘crime’ differ from ‘deviance’? Nowadays hard to imagine daily life without news telling us stories about shocking tragedies happening around the world. Unfortunately almost everybody is interested in actions that can harm somebody. In media even existing a victim hierarchy (more sensational victim goes on top) of attraction interest of audience. People are ‘measure’ beings. It is in our habits to judge ourselves and people around us

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    PERSPETIVES ON THEORIES AND DEVIANCE THEORIST THEORY OWN SUMMARY OF THE THEORY OWN SUMMARY OF DEVIANCE EMILE DURKHEIM CONFLIT THEORY The status of a person affects his life into the society. Because of this class status‚ it defines who will be the right person and who is wrong. ROBERT MERTON STRAIN THEORY When societal norms‚ or socially accepted goals‚ place pressure on the individual to conform they force the individual to either work within the structure society has produced‚ or instead

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    Deviance is any form of behavior that violates the norms of a society. Behavior that is considered deviant is usually condemned and often punished. Crime is a more dangerous and extreme form of deviance. The term can be defined as a deviant type of behavior that is prohibited by law and is punishable by the government. Many laws divide crimes into categories depending on the seriousness of the offense‚ the age of the offender‚ the punishment that can be administered and the actual court. According

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    Discussion HW #2 Discussion Section #: 14748 Lecture Section #: 14738 Chapter 15 Case Incident 1: Creative Deviance: Bucking the Hierarchy? 1. I believe it is possible for an organization to deliberately create an “anti-hierarchy” to encourage employees to engage in more acts of creative deviance. All things being equal‚ the broad span of control leads to efficient organization while a narrow span of control results in hierarchical organization. However‚ span of control can be affected by

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    My choice of Psychology and Sociology of Law‚ Criminology and Deviance is aimed at the pursuit of a career in police analysis. In high school‚ I took an abnormal psychology class‚ which sparked a continuing interest in the ways that humans diverge from acceptable behaviors. A specific focus in criminal analysis serves to both feed my academic interests and give me an opportunity to aid others—from helping prove an accused person innocent‚ to saving potential victims from the guilty. Learning about

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    Examine sociological theories that explain the ethnic dimension to crime and deviance (21 marks) Recent statistics show that black people are five times more likely to be in prison than whites. Ethnic groups are heavily over represented in prisons. Waddington et al investigated whether ethnic groups were targeted by the police and whether they were treated unfairly. Waddington et al concluded that these ethnic minorities were stopped and searched more because they were out on the street at the

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    Sociology behind Scarface In 1980‚ 125‚000 refuges were able to join their families in the United States from Cuba; Fidel Castro had forced the boat owners to carry 25‚000 refuges of the 125‚000. Cuban refuges Tony Montana or also know as Scarface‚ Manny Ribera who was Tony Montana’s best friend and also two other friends Angel and Chi-Chi. They are sent together to a detention center‚ where Manny makes a deal with a drug lord‚ Frank Lopez in Florida to obtain green cards in return they have to

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