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    Crime & Deviance

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    Crime & Deviance Crime is actions which break the law in the country and individual is in or “crime refers to those actives that break the law of the land and are subject to official punishment.” (Haralambos and Holborn 2008). Deviance is closely related to crime but refers more to the cause of such crimes “deviance consists of those acts which do not follow the norms and expectations of a particular social group” (Haralambos and Holborn 2008). This essay will be discussing both crime and

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    Deviance Deviance is defined as‚ “The recognized violation of cultural norms.” Deviance is an act of rebellion against a set of rules‚ and each society establishes different norms. Individuals are expected to follow a specific rule‚ and if broken they may be labeled as deviant. In many situations‚ breaking these laws and rules should not be acceptable but sometimes it is necessary. However‚ being defined as deviant isn’t always because

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    Essay unit 3 Robert Decker The term "deviance" usually refers to some behavior that is inconsistent with standards of acceptable conduct prevailing in a given social group. The term has also been used to designate personal conditions‚ ideas‚ or statuses that are stigmatized or disreputable. Socialists disagree‚ about a precise definition of deviance because they use different approaches in trying to determine exactly what the standards of conduct or the acceptable statuses and conditions are

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    Connor A‚ MacLennan E (2009)‚ HNC in Social Care Student Book‚ Heinemann THE CAUSES OF DISCRIMINATION USING FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE Discrimination is what happens when an individual or group are treated unfairly or differently from others as a result of prejudice. Functionalists believe that discrimination is the result of the need to sort people into higher and lower. Functionalists see inequalities among groups as necessary because they believe that societies function most efficiently when

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    crime and deviance‚ followed by an examination how such concepts have been acquired and accepted by society. Further reference will be made to the current crime statistics‚ and analyse some of the possible explanations for the high proportion of crime that is being committed by young males. Finally‚ consideration will be given to what the main sociological perspectives functionalism‚ Marxism and internationalism‚ would have to say about this whole subject. At first glimpse‚ crime and deviance are two

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    Theories Of Devaince Presented In There Are No Children Here The four theories of deviance are The Learning Theory‚ The Strain Theory‚ The Social-Bond Theory and the Labeling Theory. These theories alone can explain the reasoning behind someone’s deviant behavior. But‚ in There Are No Children Here we see all of these theories being demonstrated. This lets us have an understanding of exactly why we are seeing the deviant behavior that we are. This learning theory is basically the idea that as

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    Social deviance is a term that refers to forms of behavior and qualities of persons that others in society devalue and discredit. So what exactly is deviance? In this essay we are concerned with social deviance‚ not physiological deviations from the expected norm. In general‚ any behavior that does not conform to social norms is deviance; that is behavior that violates significant social norms and is disapproved of by a large number of people as a result. For societies to run with some semblance

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    Defining Deviance Deviance- doing something different from the normal Sociological Perspectives on Deviance  Formal Deviance- breaking a law or rule example: crime  Informal Deviance- doing something different from the customary Social groups create deviance by applying rules to certain people‚ making them “outsiders” Behavior that is deviant or normal depending on the situation Deviance stabilizes society Durkheim thinks that societies use deviance to create and point out the standard norms The

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    Theoretical Perspective Level of Analysis How it views family Strengths of this Perspective – what it focuses on and contributes to our understanding of families Weaknesses or Criticisms of this Perspective Examples of Major Questions that a Researcher might ask with this perspective Structural-Functionalist Macro The family maintains and ensures a social continuity This perspective focuses on how families contribute to a society’s stability. Weaknesses of this perspective are considered too conservative

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    Durkheim who was a functionalist‚ there is Merton who doesn’t totally agree with Durkheim but adopted his theory on ’Anomie’ and made it his own. Michelle Deluce Tutor: Joanne Green CRIMINOLOGY Page 1 CRITICALLY COMPARE AND CONTRAST FUNCTIONALIST AND TRADITIONAL MARXIST PERSPECTIVES ON CRIME There are many theories on why crime exists as well has who is committing the crimes and the underlying reasons behind it The two main perspectives being Traditional Marxist and Functionalist both with different

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