Deviant behavior is behavior which does not adhere to widely-accepted social or cultural norms. For example‚ murder is a form of extreme deviant behavior which violates the cultural norm which states that it is unacceptable to kill another human being. There are a number of approaches to the study of deviance‚ along with explanations for why deviant behavior occurs‚ and how it might be addressed. Numerous colleges and universities offer coursework in this subject‚ and there are professional publications
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1. Define the sociological perspective or imagination‚ cite its components‚ and explain how they were defended by C. Wright Mills. The sociological imagination is defined as being a way of thinking that helps us use information or data to form theories about the social patterns around us. We collect information and from that information we may make judgments or prediction. However we cannot view society in one’s own point of view. Everyone is different so it is important to not only form our own
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foremost‚ deviant acts are utterly relative; it’s not possible to isolate certain acts and find them universally condemned by all societies as deviant. Deviant acts‚ furthermore‚ are relative to time and place. That is‚ behaviorpast and present‚ and the across the cultural spectrumin one society may not be deviant in another society. For example: Was Nelson Mandela a deviant? For years‚ the ruling white-minority party in apartheid South Africa viewed him as a "dangerous political deviant" and‚ in
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every culture and society‚ it is the border line between acceptable and intolerable behavior. Each micro society holds it’s own definition as to what deviant behavior actually is. The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied‚ deviant behavior is behavior that people label. Through out history‚ there is no doubt in my mind that deviant citizens have been a contributing part to each generation. It is all relative‚ a label of deviance remains a label of deviance; the question that
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for a deviant action strengthens what a society perceives as unacceptable or acceptable actions. Passing a judgment of imprisonment to a marijuana dealer or user asserts our culturally perception value that use of marijuana or trading marijuana is wrong (Earleywine‚ 2003). Having notion that marijuana impairs an individual’s capability to form innovative memories‚
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interact with society and respond to its environments as adults. There are social theories that help the understanding of why individuals choose deviant behaviors and how they progress through life. Social process theories view criminal and deviant criminal behaviors as evolving mechanisms learned through societal interaction. Social development theories view deviant and criminal behaviors as part of a maturation process. Social theories are conclusions that have come about based on the response of individuals
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Social Bond Theory Social bond theory was created by Travis Hirschi and it is a form of social control theory. Social control theorists are more interested in explaining why someone is not being deviant rather than why they are. In this theory it is expected that deviance will occur at some point. Hirschi’s social bond theory explains that deviane is expected to occur because crime is easy to do; you do not need any special skills to commit crimes. Everyone has the same amount of motivation to
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effects on one’s culture. The film documented the tribe’s first encounter with a western Caucasian and the difference in culture of both groups. From the first meeting of a Toulambis tribe member and the western Caucasian was a distinct display of a folkway‚ which is a norm that depicts the everyday action of social life in a group’s culture. The westerner put his hand out to greet the tribe leader with a friendly handshake. Now this may appear to be a normal practice in western culture‚ it was evident
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prophecy‚ whereby a person can be influenced into becoming what they have been labeled‚ and stereotyping by negatively labeling minority groups. Judging deviant behaviour as deviation from the cultural norms‚ the majority bestowing a label or stigma upon those who deviate‚ those labels leading to changes in their self concept and social identity. Deviant or criminal acts do not occur naturally‚ but are determined by societal norms and the reactions of its members in different situations and contexts (Giddens
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behaviour. Moreover deviant behaviour violates social norms‚ and some forms of deviance carry a negative social stigma‚ while other forms are relatively accepted. Crime and deviance can be seen as functional. In accordance with functionalists‚ deviance is a normal part of human existence‚ with good and bad consequences for social stability. For instance a child seeing her little sister told off by the parents will learn about accepted conduct. An act can be criminal and not deviant for instance the
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