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    The cultural values and beliefs a society holds are able to define deviance. Deviance is defined as, someone breaking cultural values, or social norms, weather it is a folkway, mores, or a codified law. (OpenStax, 2016). Some behaviors may be considered deviant in one culture, group, or time period, whereas, those same behaviors may be acceptable in others. For instance, the use of cocaine in beverages within the 19th century was acceptable, until the United States deemed cocaine illegal in 1914…

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    violate the social norm that is know as deviance. Because different groups have different norms, deviance is viewed and defined differently depending on one. What could be considered normal in one culture can be considered deviant in another. There are different types of deviances and theories, but the one I will talk about is positive deviance and the strain theory. It begin with sociologist question that deviance is relative. Asking yourself how is deviance relative? Well because there are so…

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    Deviance Deviance to me can be a violation of any social rule. If society doesn’t agree with it, it is considered deviance. Some people may agree that a person can be deviant without violating any rule, such as individuals with physical or mental disabilities. People with physical and mental disabilities are labeled as deviant because they aren’t considered “normal” to society. The positivist perspective consist of three assumptions about what deviant behavior is. These assumptions are…

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    Deviance is a term used to describe behavior that goes against the established social and cultural norms. This behavior can have significant consequences for individuals, especially when committed by those who have power in society (Little, n.d., p. 4). The normalization of deviance can occur when unacceptable practices or standards become a new acceptable norm. Eventually, the deviant individuals themselves begin to believe that this behavior is routine and normal (Little, n.d., p. 9).…

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    Deviance is anything different from the common social rules or something that goes against the rules. This could be serious situations such as crime, but is generally associated with named social rules deemed as common sense. Normally, deviance is just the general things people see as wrong or disturbing. Deviance is explained several different ways in sociology. Symbolic interactionism is the theory that as humans, we take action according to how we analyze a situation and that is why…

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    The strain theory of deviance helps explain why some individuals commit deviant acts, actions that violate norms in society. When society puts pressure on its members to achieve certain acceptable goals, it causes stress for its members. One may be forced to take different approaches to achieve the expectations if they do not have the means to achieve the goals even if that means a deviant act. According to the Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) in a Huffington Post article, there is a…

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    information from students in class. The main independent variable were students who involved in digital piracy and traditional deviance while in college. The results revealed on the digital piracy that both gender and age have significantly predict involvement in digital piracy prior to the introduction of the social learning constructs. However, on the tradition deviance the outcome shown that the social learning significantly mediate the relationship between age and digital piracy. The result…

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    7 Explain Deviance. How does deviance vary among different cultures and religions? Who defines deviance? When asked to explain deviance, most people have multiple different definitions for the word. But deviance is stated, “ a behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or a society” (IS PG. 178). You can say being deviant is going against the norm, what you may find normal, others might not find it normal. Sociologist Howard S Becker described deviance and said,…

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    In sociology, deviance is described as any behavior that violates societal norms to an extent that it receives condemnation from society. There are several theories that explain deviant behavior among individuals and one such theory is the strain theory. The strain theory is developed as an extension of the functionalist perspective on deviance. The strain theory appreciates that society comprises of both cultures and social structure. Further, the theory asserts that the societal culture…

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    Hello Everyone! When someone commits any kind of murder and especially if this said person has done this crime more than once, we as a society tends to want to know why this has occurred? What has caused this person to commit these crimes repeatedly? In the case of Jeffrey Dahmer I think it is a variety of reasons. The first one being control theory. When you look into Jeffrey Dahmer’s childhood, he seemed to have lacked social controls which is usually formed in the early stages of one’s life…

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