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    The Eye

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    THE EYE. The normal sighted human eye perceives an object which is ‘described’ by light rays and how they are bent by it . Usually‚ the image of the object is picked up on the retina‚ on the area of the Central Forea as an upside down picture which is then ‘righted’ by the brain in order that the object may be seen. Different distanced objects are perceived by the eye and the lens is the part that makes this possible. Objects which are close to the eye are seen by the eyes’s lens becoming thicker

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    SOCIOLOGY ASSIGN DEVIANCE

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    social environment in the creation of deviance in society according to differential association and labelling theory”. It will begin by defining the key terminology being deviance and a discussion on the role that the social environment plays in creation of deviance according to Discuss the role played by the social environment in the creation of deviance in society according to differential association and labelling theory. Lastly a conclusion will be drawn. Deviance is any behavior that violates social

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    Deviance for Survival In today’s society‚ norms are behaviors that are socially accepted by the majority‚ and they are decided by the people within it. They normally are dependent on their environment‚ culture or religion within that society. If anyone exhibits behaviors or ideas contrary to the norms it can be perceived as deviant. If deviance itself is followed by the majority of people‚ it can then become the norm; even if that devious behavior is eating dead bodies. This article was about the

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    Chapter 9: The Eye * Light is electromagnetic energy that is emitted in form of waves; waves crash into objects and are absorbed‚ reflected‚ scattered‚ and bent * Half of human cerebral cortex is involved with analyzing visual world * MAMMALIAN VISUAL SYSTEM: begins with eye‚ back of eye is retina (contains photoreceptors specialized to convert light energy to neural activity) * Eyes have features to track moving objects and keep transparent surface clean (i.e. by tears) *

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    Law Enforcement Deviance

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    Law Enforcement Deviance Never before‚ had the city of Los Angeles been involved in a scandal like the one it faced within the department’s Rampart Area. Allegations of perjury‚ false arrest reports‚ evidence planting‚ police brutality‚ and even murder plagued the department. What started out as an attempt to stop the growing number of “gang related” crimes in the Rampart Area of Los Angeles‚ had turned into one of the worst scandals to disgrace the city and permanently tarnish the department’s

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    Social Norms and Deviance

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    Social Norms and Deviance Many people will go through their daily routine‚ and not think much of it. Being integrated in the society that one is accustomed to‚ a person may overlook the very fundamentals of what that society stands on. Since childhood‚ beginning at the moment of birth‚ a person is taught what is “wrong” and what is “right.” These very values that we are taught to adopt since a young age are known as Social Norms. A social norm is a rule of society that governs behavior

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    Deviance‚ social sanctions‚ and the control theory are other sociological concepts observed in the film. Deviance depicts an action that disobeys social norms. Every character in the film is seen as deviant by either their actions that forced them into detention‚ or executed actions during the detention. For example‚ Claire is deviant because she skips class so she can go shopping‚ and during detention‚ she instigates a relationship with John. Allison appears in detention because she was bored on

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    Gillian Wagner April 30‚ 2011 ENGL 3353 Modern American Fiction Dawn and Doom in the Branches “There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.” Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston’s novel‚ Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ was written in 1937 at the tail end of the Harlem Renaissance. It is a passionate tale of Janie Crawford’s evolving self as she goes through three marriages and a life of triumphs and tragedies. The novel starts off with Janie retracing her steps by coming

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    Sleepers: Culture and Deviance The movie‚ Sleepers‚ follows the friendship of four boys : Shakes‚ Michael‚ John‚ and Tommy. On a hot a slow afternoon‚ the boys play a prank on a street vendor that results in very serious consequences. The boys are sentences to The Wilkinson’s Home For Boys. The time spent in the detention center alters the boys utterly and completely‚ destroys their innocence‚ and scars them physically and emotionally. Their friendship is just as strong‚ but that too‚ is changed

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    and beneficial to society. The publicity given to crime highlights the boundaries of acceptable behaviour. However‚ the beneficial effects of crime for society are limited; too much crime can indicate problems. Durkheim looks at how crime and deviance is inevitable and needed in society as it performs two important positive functions: boundary maintenance and adaptation and change‚ he says that boundary maintenance is when society reacts to crime and there is social cohesion‚ and this leads to

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