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    White-Collar Deviance

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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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    Creative Deviance

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    Creative deviance in the organizational chart Definition of creative deviance in hierarchical organizations: Creative deviance occurs when individuals with new ideas disobey orders to suspend elaboration and choose to continue working. As idea generators run up against management’s old mental models‚ continue to pursue the creative idea becomes an act of deviance. Without such deviance‚ creativity has a difficult time surviving in the organization. While creative deviance is not ideal‚ such deviance

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    Deviance and Tattoo

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    its future trend‚ I found two Hong Kong local tattoo sites and one Australian tattoo site with some collected data to have my analysis. Historical Opinions toward Tattoo In the ancient China‚ tattoo was treated as a kind of serious punishment. When a criminal was found guilty in committing a severe crime‚ the judge would probably place a tattoo on his face. The tattoo could last permanently to show the identity of this man‚ a criminal. For instance‚ in the Qin (Chin) dynasty‚ even some princes

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    her ideal self as a happily married woman‚ with children‚ and her own business. In reality Katherine was married‚ but not happily. She was unable to have children‚ and her husband would not allow her to have a carrier or go to school. Rodger would say that Katherine’s mental health is not good. The ideal-self and the actual self are incongruent causing a problem (Schultz & Schultz‚ 2013). 2. It seems from her extreme positive outlook on life while in high school; Katherine may have been raised

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    relative clause

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    met my wife. A. what B. where C. which D. that 2. Simon is the man _________ Mary loves. A. who B. which C. whom D. A&C 3. My wife‚ _________ is a doctor‚ works at Community Hospital. A. who B. which C. whom D. that 4. Only one of the people _________ work in the company is qualified. A. what B. which C. who D. where 5. She is the one _________ I told you about. A. what B. which C. whose D. who 6. Those _________ had studied hard passed their exams. A. what B. which C. who D

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    deviance an crime

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    Crime! Crime is a familiar and commonly used word. Many have probably heard or used the word‚ but how many have heard or know about the word deviance? The two words‚ deviance and crime‚ are closely related as they both deal with breaking laws and norms. Many may have their personal definition and interpretation of the word crime. However‚ according to the Mirriam Webster online dictionary‚ crime is defined as “ an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is

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    Deviance is any infraction of norms‚ whether the violation being minor as jaywalking or as significant as raping someone. So you and I every day violate these societal norms no matter how big or small they may be. The heart of deviance is best explained by sociologist Howard S. Becker (1966)‚ "It is not the act itself‚ but the reactions to the act‚ that make something deviant." Different groups have different norms‚ maybe something deviant to a particular person may not be deviant to another (Henslin

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    Ferns And Their Relatives

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    Ferns and Their Relatives -What is a Fern? Fern is a flowerless plant that has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds. Ferns have a vascular system for the transport of water and nutrients. *Characteristics of Seedless and Vascular Plants: Includes: ferns‚ club mosses‚ and horsetails Have vascular tissue They are able to grow bigger and taller Within vascular plants is the phloem‚ the vessel that transports food‚ and the xylem‚ which transports

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    Deviance and Social Control

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    Deviance and Social Control Final Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for SOCL 101 Sociology By Social control is techniques and strategies used for preventing deviant human behavior in any society. All levels of society such as family‚ school‚ bureaucratic and government has some form of social control. Examples of family social control include obeying your parents rules‚ doing your homework and chores. School includes standards they

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    When measuring crime and deviance sociologists use three different means‚ those are official statistics‚ self-report studies and victim surveys. These methods of collecting data have both strong points and weak points‚ but by combining them a possible general picture of crime and deviance could be drawn. The sociological theories have varying perspectives on the usefulness of generating measurable crime statistics and the validity of each method. Firstly official statistics are compiled and then

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