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    Professor Submitted by: Bigtacion‚ Anne Czarina D. IV-20 BSE Social Science Semester II 2012-2013 November 20‚ 2012 MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION (A Development in Education) I. INTRODUC TION In a world experiencing rapid change‚ and where cultural‚ political‚ economic and social upheaval challenges traditional ways of life‚ education has a major role to play in promoting social cohesion and peaceful coexistence. Through programs that encourage discussion between students of different cultures

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    Defining Deviance

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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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    explained through self-control theory and the labeling theory. One theory that can explain the crime being prosecuted during the O.J. Simpson trial is the self-control theory. The self-control theory assumes poor parental control leads to low self-control. This thirty believes that both

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    Queer theory can be defined as the ongoing cultural critique of the heteronormative social hierarchy. Queer theory looks at‚ and studies‚ the political critique of cultural behavior that falls into either a normative or deviant category. The word "queer" itself has a primary meaning of "odd‚" or "out of the ordinary" (according to Webster). So by definition queer theory concerns itself with any and all forms of sexuality and sexual identity that are "queer" or deviant to the norm. Theorists also

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    SCLY4 Crime and Deviance with Theories & Methods Past Papers Use the following past papers to practise your exam writing techniques and aid your revision. Make sure you look at the mark scheme for each question to assess your answer. Also check the ‘model answers’ from students to see where good AO1 and AO2 marks were scored. Crime and Deviance Different theories of crime‚ deviance‚ social order and social control. The social distribution of crime and deviance by age‚ ethnicity

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    movie is directly about the crime and violence in Blacks‚ there are various symbolic interaction in this movie that proves the problems of social hatred and conflicts in the society due to the structure and function of society. There are various theories of sociology which can assist in understanding all these factors presented in this movie. Discussion Summary Menace II Society is jimmy Freud is uninformed as to

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    All Structuralist theories of crime and deviance seem to suggest that crime is socially constructed rather than focused on the individual. Albert Cohen‚ combining Structuralist and sub cultural theories drew on Merton’s idea of strain but criticized Merton’s ideas of crime being an individual response and believed that he ignored non-utilitarian crimes such as vandalism and joy-riding. Cohen was particularly interested in deviance which was not economically motivated but done simply for the thrill

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    Social Deviance Paper Deviance is defined as the violation of cultural norms. This is an extremely broad definition‚ and depending on who is explaining it‚ the above definition can mean a variety of different things. It is‚ however‚ generally assumed by the public that anyone who is considered "deviant" is putting a negative hold on society. This is not necessarily true. Deviance is exhibited in many forms throughout society. Deviance is not necessarily negative; sometimes the norms of society need

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    Assess the contribution of the Marxist theory to the sociological understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates and explores crime and deviance in relation to classes within a capitalist society. Marxists claim that laws do not reflect a value consensus‚ instead laws and law enforcement benefits the rich (protection of private property)

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    Crime and Deviance Introduction Crime is seen as behaviour that breaks the formal written laws of society. Can range from minor to major crimes Deviance is any type of behaviour which goes against the norms of society. All crime is deviant but not all behaviour is deviant Mental illness and suicide are not illegal in UK but are considered deviant Both crime and deviance are BOTH social constructs (changes with time and place) For example it was illegal until 1961 to kill yourself in

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