Introduction.
Several sociological theories of deviance exist, and together they suggest a more rounded understanding of deviance than any of the other theories offers by itself. Together they answer problems such as: why deviance rates differ within social groupings and across places, why some behaviour is deviant and others are not, and why certain people are more likely than others to be seen as deviant and be punished for deviant behaviour. In this assignment the following theories and perspectives will be outlined and discussed: Functionalism, Marxism, Symbolic Interactionism and Feminism.
For one to understand these sociological theories one first needs a perfect understanding as to what deviance means .According to Livesey (2010), Deviance ,termed by sociologists refers to behaviour that …show more content…
Marx separated the populace into the proletariat and the bourgeois. The bourgeois are the dominant class who provide capital and the jobs where as the proletariat are the working class who rely on means of production as a basis of employment. Therefore the bourgeois have the means of controlling the way in which society is synchronized; from the laws, to governments and any alternative forms of power. As the bourgeois have power, bourgeois want to keep and maintain their power and privileges they resort to criminal activities to ensure this power.
This then brings about the white collar and the blue collar crimes (Miethe,Meier, 1994). The White collar crimes are done by the wealthier people in society and the blue collar is those people of the working class. The blue collar crimes are often more violent. White collar crimes include fraud, embezzlement and forgery whereas blue collar crimes include theft, burglary and armed robbery just to name a few.
Symbolic Interactionism
Several sociological theories of deviance exist, and together they suggest a more rounded understanding of deviance than any of the other theories offers by itself. Together they answer problems such as: why deviance rates differ within social groupings and across places, why some behaviour is deviant and others are not, and why certain people are more likely than others to be seen as deviant and be punished for deviant behaviour. In this assignment the following theories and perspectives will be outlined and discussed: Functionalism, Marxism, Symbolic Interactionism and Feminism.
For one to understand these sociological theories one first needs a perfect understanding as to what deviance means .According to Livesey (2010), Deviance ,termed by sociologists refers to behaviour that …show more content…
Marx separated the populace into the proletariat and the bourgeois. The bourgeois are the dominant class who provide capital and the jobs where as the proletariat are the working class who rely on means of production as a basis of employment. Therefore the bourgeois have the means of controlling the way in which society is synchronized; from the laws, to governments and any alternative forms of power. As the bourgeois have power, bourgeois want to keep and maintain their power and privileges they resort to criminal activities to ensure this power.
This then brings about the white collar and the blue collar crimes (Miethe,Meier, 1994). The White collar crimes are done by the wealthier people in society and the blue collar is those people of the working class. The blue collar crimes are often more violent. White collar crimes include fraud, embezzlement and forgery whereas blue collar crimes include theft, burglary and armed robbery just to name a few.
Symbolic Interactionism