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    "Write a personal response to issues and approaches raised in the Citizen Teacher seminars drawing on your own reflections‚ experiences and readings" For the purpose of this task‚ I have chosen to reflect on Seminar 2-Development Education‚ poverty and global justice. I chose to concentrate on this aspect of the course‚ because of a personal interest in the area. This interest has arisen from lack of prior knowledge‚ and a desire to find out more‚ having briefly covered the topic in the seminar

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    White-Collar Deviance John O. Temple Jr. SOC 443 Christina Scott November 2011 White-Collar Deviance So what is white-collar crime? According to the Meridian-Webster dictionary the word white is a stereotypical association of good character‚ marked by upright fairness‚ free from spot or blemish‚ free from moral impurity ‚ innocent‚ marked by the wearing of white by the woman as a symbol of purity‚ not intended to cause harm‚ a white lie‚  favorable‚ fortunate. And there is the infamous

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    behaviors are deviant only when society labels them as deviant. “(Crossman) Society sees two people of the same gender and views it as socially unacceptable. They are thought of or labeled as something other than what is ‘normal’. The process of labeling deviance is paying attention to the reaction of the people surrounding in society. Those people view being gay or lesbian as something unnatural and abnormal. Thus the reason it is thought to be deviant is due to society’s traditions. Hughes said being labeled

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    Poverty has been a consistent problem throughout history. No matter what the median income‚ unemployment or overall prosperity level is‚ there will always be people who are homeless and hungry. Despite being one of the most prosperous countries in the world‚ the United States is not immune to it either. Even today‚ there are still people struggling to find shelter‚ feed their kids and find warm clothing. This social problem has various impacts on different institutions and people. However‚ there

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    Defining Crime and Deviance 1. What does it mean to suggest that ‘deviance’ and/or ‘crime’ are social constructs? A social construct is defined as a social phenomenon or category which is created and developed by society - an idea which is ‘constructed’ through cultural or social practice. Since the Labour Government were in power 3600 laws have been introduced and it is said that this is due to society constantly changing its views on various issues such as smoking inside in public places

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    Sociological Forum‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 4‚ December 2002 ( C 2002) Race‚ Ethnicity‚ and Deviance: A Study of Asian and Non-Asian Adolescents in America1 Sung Joon Jang2 This study shows that Asian American adolescents commit less deviance in the form of school misbehavior than white‚ black‚ Hispanic‚ or Native American adolescents. Social control and social learning theories receive support as the observed differences are explained primarily by race/ethnic differences in family backgrounds and school

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    Deviance can be a powerful tool to encourage social change. Why does deviance encourage this change? I believe the answer is simple. Deviance sets in motion inside of everyone’s head a thought process. People begin to think positively and negatively about what happened‚ especially when it is highly publicized deviance. Opinions are formed and about what has happened. People begin to debate with each other about who is MORE wrong. For instance‚ its 7:50am and Bob an average working citizen is driving

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    report focussing on poverty with reference to current policy and educational debate 1.0 Abstract This report aims to explain the effects of poverty on attainment in schools and the wider society: taking into consideration a number of national and local strategies‚ the causes of poverty and the long term effects on children and young adults. This report will also make recommendations as to what can be done to further reduce poverty in childhood. 2.0 Introduction Poverty is continually discussed

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    poverty Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs‚ which commonly includes food‚ water‚ sanitation‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.[2][3] For much of history‚ poverty was considered largely unavoidable as traditional modes of production were

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    Deviance: Functionalist Explanations 1 Deviance: F unctionalist E xplanations The Functionalist Explanation of Crime/22/11/999/P.Covington/ 1999 At times‚ a package deal is presented in which functionalist‚ positivism‚ empiricism‚ evolutionism‚ and determinism are collectively linked with a ‘consensus’ approach to social problems and a conservative approach to their solution. Downes and Rock‚ 1995 Being a peripheral and ad hoc modern day‚ functionalist criminology may be represented as a somewhat

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