Deviance

Deviance, which in The House I Live In is the illegal sale and use of drugs can be explained through absent parents, low-wage jobs, as well as an individual’s race. Considering these external factors, humans easily become “prisoners of socialization,” thus leaving little to no free will when it comes to these acts of deviance. The documentary, The House I Live In, illustrates the world around the United States’s policies regarding illegal drugs from the perspectives of both deviant individuals…

Deviance is a violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms whether folkways, mores, or codified law. Karl Marx’s conflict theory states of social and economic factors are the causes of crime and deviance. Conflict theorists do not see these factors as positive functions of society, but instead evidence of inequality in the system. The conflict theory separates two different classes a people which are the capitalist class and the working class. People with some type of wealthy…

person's criminal or deviant behavior. Macro-level is used to consider ways in which structural and cultural characteristics of social collectives such as societies, subcultures, and social groupings that affect the rates of crime and acts of social deviance. Rates of crime and deviant behavior generally refer to the number of offenses that occur for a specific number in a given population (Humphrey & Schmalleger, 2012). In a society where crime appears to be a normal act, it is almost…

these goals. A classification is an arrangement order designed to simplify understanding. Furthermore, Merton was suggesting a classification of deviance based upon two criteria. The first criteria is a person's drive or his loyalty to cultural goals and second is a person's belief in how to reach his goals. According to Merton, there are five types of deviance based upon these criteria, but the one that pertains most to this paper is innovation which involves the acceptance of the goals of a…

Deviance and crime is something that seems unstoppable. There are constant breaking news stories and the front covers of the newspaper are stories about a mother who lost their child due to crime and violence on the streets and how she never saw it coming because they were good students and hard workers. Most horrific acts of violence is committed by a person who previously has been convicted, but sometimes, its random acts from people we would never expect to see their names in the headlines.…

Labeling theory really seems to explain House’s deviance to me. All his life House has been labeled a rebel, a drug addict and a criminal but then is told that that is what makes him a good doctor. I feel like it’s a never ending cycle of enabling this label of being a drug addict or criminal because that’s…

According to disorganization theorists, deviance can occur when a society begins to rapidly change from its normative order. When too much change occurs within a normal order of society in too short of a time span, an increased rate of refusal to conform begins to occur (Pfohl, 2009, pg. 173). This produces social disorganization and a by-product of this is deviant behavior. Sociological researchers Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay studied social disorganization and delinquency, and their findings…

behaviors are socially influenced by society. There are sociological explanation to why people act and behave in certain ways. Values and beliefs are formed within a community, the actions and behaviors out of the norm can be perceived as deviance. Often, deviance may be associated with crime but not all deviant behavior is criminal. It is up to you to a impose a deviant behavior with your ability of power on society so that the idea will spread and become acceptable. In the film of "The…

Dying to Get High, published by Richard J. Webb and Wendy Chapkis, views the subject of medical marijuana through the eyes of a group of individuals who call themselves WAMM (The Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana). The members of WAMM manage people with serious illnesses and use medical marijuana to alleviate their symptoms. The book challenges misconceptions of critics, especially that of the government. Throughout the book, the government is viewed as an antagonist as they refuse to…

Every day actors, musicians and any other public figure voluntarily place themselves in the public eye. As a result, these individuals face torment from fans, media and particularly those who are not fans of their work. This leaves room of criticism as well as unwanted labels. One celebrity in particular who is no surprise to public criticism of her image is sex symbol Kim Kardashian. On March 7, 2016 the reality TV scarlet released yet another a nude selfie she posted via twitter 13 weeks after…