Subcultural Theory: Life Beyond Sociology Brendetta Beamon SOC 210 Sampson Community College 11/28/2014 Brendetta Beamon Teresa Johnson SOC 210 28 November 2014 Subcultural Theory: Life Beyond Sociology In pursuance to fully address all the points stated in this assignment‚ I have chosen to use the concept of the subcultural theory. This particular theory in sociology is also associated with and is a well known theory in the field of criminal justice (my major area of study.) The
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Deviance is a universal & complex theory in the world of sociology. We spend a lot of time in class talking about how society fits together & how it functions but we can’t just cover all of the bases without getting to know the people that don’t fit in society and how they get to be the way‚ they are. A person who believes in God would view a person who believes in satanism as deviant because they are praising a phenomenon that does evil instead of good. In sociology deviance means‚ an
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Understanding the similarities of Strain Theory‚ & General Theory of Crime Angela Sampson # 2396467 Sociology 345: Social Control Professor: James Chriss Cleveland State University April 30th 2012 Abstract: The purpose is to identify the similarities between Strain theories‚ and General Theory of Crime. Strain was developed from the work of Durkheim and Merton and taken from the theory of anomie. Durkheim focused on the decrease of societal restraint and the strain that resulted
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elsewhere‚ assess the usefulness of labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance. (21 marks) Labelling theorists are concerned with how and why certain people and actions come to be labelled as criminal or deviant‚ and what effects this has on those who are labelled as such. As stated in Item A‚ labelling theory is focused with how individuals construct society based on their interactions with each other. Becker emphasises the significance of crime being a social construct; an action only becomes
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Crime is defined an act that breaks the law established by a society and is punishable by the legal system in that region. Deviance‚ on the other hand‚ is considered to be behaviour that is unaccepted or frowned upon by the society or culture an individual belongs to. There are many explanations to what causes crime and deviance. However this essay will expound the main three theories and critically evaluate them to provide an overall conclusion. The first explanation is the sociological theory.
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Labelling and deviance in the media Tabloid papers are renowned to label anyone with what one sees as a deviant label. Newspapers‚ magazines and even news reporters are either vocally or publishing such labels to a person or group who they have decided is of a deviant nature or differs in some way from what they deem as normal. Examples of such labels will follow later on in this report of how the media label people who they deem deviant or in fact just differ from the norm‚ and in turn‚ our society
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Explain and Assess the Marxist explanation of Crime and Deviance According to Wickham (1991)‚ deviance is behaviour that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society. Karl Marx says that deviance is due to unequal power relationships and is a function of class struggle. Crime‚ however‚ is an act of deviance prohibited by law. The conflict theory of crime states that those in the higher social classes will benefit more from the government‚ compared to those in the lower
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Why do people commit crime? This is relatively strong topic discussed by sociologists that believe criminal or deviant behaviors are not because of ones physical characteristic. This essay will mainly focus on the Functionalist and Conflict Theories of crime. Conflict theorist argue that deviance is deliberately chosen‚ and often political in nature‚ where as Functionalist theorist argue that deviance and crime is caused by structural tensions created by social structure. Functionalists argue that
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faced with many different crimes and social deviancies‚ most of which have been as a result of rebellion and a form of expression. Whether it is to force a change or to create something new deviance is at a strong high. At the dawn of a new millenium some of society feel the need to express themselves in proscriptive norms and “leave our mark” on the world. The words “deviance” and “crime” are two words often mistaken for each other. Crime is a unlawful activity while deviance is a behavior that is different
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Essay question: Assess the usefulness of the labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance. (33 marks) Sociologists would define labelling as a process of attaching a definition or meaning to an individual or group. For example‚ police officers may label a youth a “trouble maker”. Agents of social control define an individual which leads to a person being labelled by those who have the power to make the label stick and therefore the individual is seen as a deviant. In his essay I will look at
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