Deviance

1.) Atherton, Olivia E., Thomas J. Schofield, Angela Sitka, Rand D. Conger, and Richard W. Robins. 2016. “Unsupervised Self-Care Predicts Conduct Problems: The Moderating Roles of Hostile Aggression and Gender.” Journal of Adolescence 48:1–10. The article, Unsupervised Self-Care Predicts Conduct Problems: The Moderating Roles of Hostile Aggression and Gender presents a longitudal study done on 674 Mexican children ages 10 to 12 over a period of two years. The main questions addressed in the…

This question focuses on how other peoples’ action and inaction affects one’s obligation. In this essay I will explore the consequences of both inconveniencing yourself with picking up the litter along with the leaving it on the beach. This scenario postulates over collective responsibility and whether one person’s individual actions make a difference to the overall outcome. I will argue from the stance that one is obliged to pick up the litter, regardless of others’ inactions as each of us…

I read and study chapter 3. On page 83 of the text book. How norms, values, and sanctions gives society to support behavior in society within a society. The effects of mores vs folkways. Just like the police, government, and parents all important aspects in life to have in society to make a save environment by having rules to follow. The chapter explains how norms found values of behavior kept by society. Norms accept certain types of behavior. Formal norms enforce strict behavior for meeting…

Allen Frances said it best when he said that normal is a variation of many things, not just one. Not only does he talk about normality but he takes different approaches to it. In chapter one he discusses how the world defines normal and what normal used to be. He also brings up the ideological difference between what philosophy says and what doctors say. This part to chapter one ties in a lot to chapter two’s part about shaman. Also, discussed in this book is what mental diseases are and how…

The story of Breaking Bad is Walter White, a professor of chemistry, begin to go astray with some reasons which is completely related to his situation. He is working hard for family and for paying his medical treatment. One day, his doctor told him the rest of his life that is only two more years because of lung cancer. Due to his puzzling situation, he begins to make drugs, crystal meth. With his chemistry knowledge, he makes high quality crystal meth. It shows how people get in over their…

Social strain theory was developed by famed American sociologist Robert K. Merton. The theory states that social structures may pressure citizens to commit crimes. Strain may be structural, which refers to the processes at the societal level that filter down and affect how the individual perceives his or her needs. Strain may also be individual, which refers to the frictions and pains experienced by an individual as he or she looks for ways to satisfy individual needs. These types of strain can…

There are theories such as: Sociological This theory is one of the main causes of crime and it focuses on the crime being committed because of the social pressure and society. Individual’s behaviour is learned and maintained with punishments or rewards for instance if a young individual is growing up in a bad environment and someone tells the individual to do something bad and then rewards him the individual thinks that it is right to do that. One of the enduring and influential attempts to…

Riot is a term used to define and encompass various types of behaviors that are viewed as disorderly, including violence, destruction of property and clashes with those who enforce law and order. (Andrews, 2014, p. 288). Ideologies such as “conservatism” and “radicalism” hold opposing views as to how they perceive “riots” and their effect on society,. We can look at riots from particular perspectives by examining social order and disorder through “riots” and their relationship to the political…

The modern day golden rule. “Treat people the way you’d like them to treat you”. A saying most of us try and live by. How many times as a parent do you find yourself saying these words to your children? Often times you venture out of the safety and comfort of your home and never know what you are in for once you come in contact with others in the outside world. There are rude and disrespectful people everywhere today that you will at some point come in contact with in the workplace, at a grocery…

Deviant behavior and criminal behavior have different implications. A behavior that is deviant is defined as a behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs. A criminal behavior is defined as a behavior that violates criminal law and can be punishable by fines, jail terms, and other negative sanctions. The main difference between the two behaviors are the laws that support it and the repercussions that come with it. Deviant…