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    What is crime? Crime is associated with behaviour that breaks the formal‚ written laws of a given society What is deviance? To deviate means to move away from set standards in society. Deviance then‚ is a much more general category than crime and is used by sociologists to refer to is different but not legally controlled. All crime is deviance‚ but not all deviance is crime. TOPIC 1 – FUNCTIONALIST‚ STRAIN AND SUBCULTURAL THEORIES Functionalist’s perspective Functionalists see society

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    Indian Streams Reserach Journal Vol.2‚Issue.II/March ; 12pp.1-4 Dr. Uttam B. Sonkamble Research Papers ISSN:-2230-7850 Marginalized Indian women in Inner Courtyard Dr. Uttam B. Sonkamble SMRK BK AK Mahila Mahavidyalaya College Road Nasik – 422005. Abstract Inner Courtyard is a large compilation of short stories which is basically based upon the female issues in particular subjugation under the patriarchal order. The stories are written by women about women hailing from all corners

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    Sunday‚ September 27‚ 2009 SHOULD BRAIN DRAIN BE BANNED INTRODUCTION: The term "brain drain" refers to the movement of highly educated people from their respective countries to other countries looking for green pasture. It refers to the movement of intellectuals like University lecturers and researchers from one national setting to another‚ ranging from permanent relocation to short-term visits or exchange programs‚ facilitates the dissemination of knowledge and the broadening of cultural horizons

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    . you are in for a rude awakening. In response to the assassination of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. over thirty years ago‚ Jane Elliott devised the controversial and startling‚ "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" exercise. This‚ now famous‚ exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes and exposes them to the experience of being a minority. Everyone who is exposed to Jane Elliott’s work‚ be it through a lecture‚ workshop‚ or video‚ is dramatically affected by it

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    Animal Farm : Lies and Deceit In Animal Farm deception is used to gain power. The pigs deceive the other animals about the past‚ the present‚ and even the future. They convince them that certain events did or did not occur. They deceive them by changing the commandments on the wall several times and lying to them by saying that they were never changed. They deceive them in the present‚ pretending that their situation is better than it really is. And they deceive the farm animals as far as plans

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    Stalin’s Lies and Propaganda Quite recently‚ I was presented with the opportunity to visit the Soviet Union. During my visit‚ I discovered many horrific and deceiving things about the Soviet Union leader‚ Joseph Stalin. Stalin‚ has been lying to the world‚ and the people of the Soviet Union agree. What the Soviet government would like people to believe is that Stalin is helping the people of the Soviet Union‚ but the reality is far from help. The Soviet Government wants people to believe

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    Cursing Equals Deviance Within the last twenty-one days I committed several deviant acts. Some happened to be miniscule while others happened to be a little more substantial. Deviance is “a behavior‚ trait‚ belief‚ or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction” (Ferris and Stein‚ 2016‚ p. 151). Thus‚ I have committed a deviant behavior that resulted in plenty of negative reactions and responses. Last week‚ while working with my coworkers in our student room‚ I

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    ’A Visit to Hospital’ gives a feeling of shock. The word ’Hospital’ creates an atmosphere of pain and sorrow with terrible feeling in the mind. Admission in the hospital means something very serious to physical body of the person. I cannot see the suffering persons. It makes me very sad and nervous so I hesitate to go to a hospital. Only my ill-luck forced me to this visit. One evening I was in kitchen garden. I was busy in my hobby. Suddenly I heard about the accident of my friend‚ Raj an. I came

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    approach to Crime and Deviance Durkheim Functionalism sees society as based on value consensus. Functionalists argue that in order to achieve this solidarity‚ society has two key mechanisms: socialisation and social control (mechanisms include rewards positive sanctions for conformity‚ and punishments negative sanctions for deviance) The inevitability of crime Durkheim believes that crime is normal‚ and argues there are at least two reasons why crime and deviance are found in all societies:

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    Youth‚ Sociology‚ and Deviance When the word deviance has crossed the path of society‚ it seems to have a postulation attached to the meaning. This postulation usually refers to behaviour that purveys a negative insight often resulting in acts of violence‚ crime and anti social behaviour within a society and community; it is also often associated with the social entity of youth. Thinking about deviance in a sociologist concept‚ what does this term really mean within a sociological framework ‘such

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