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    School Policy - Behaviour

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    “Research evidence suggests that pupils’ behaviour can be influenced by all the major features and processes of a school. These include the quality of its leadership‚ classroom management‚ behaviour policy‚ curriculum‚ pastoral care‚ buildings and physical environment‚ organisation and timetable and relationships with parents.” (Elton Report‚ DES‚ 1989) The secondary education issue I have chosen to focus on for this presentation is Whole School Behaviour Policies and how such policies can influence

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    Deviance

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    The Objective/Subjective Dichotomy Objectivism: Deviance as an Act The assumption that there is something inherent in a person‚ behavior or characteristic that is necessarily deviant Statistical Rarity If a behavior or characteristic is not typical‚ it is deviant. Harm If an action causes harm‚ then it is deviant. Folkways: If you violate these norms you may be considered odd‚ rude or a troublemaker Mores: Those standards that are often seen as the foundation of morality in a culture

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    SOC/CHSS 1110 Lecture 8 Deviance Deviance: the recognized violation of cultural norms. e.g. crime Deviance calls for social control Deviance: (1) A Biological issue? (2) Personality factors? Reckless and Dinitz’s (1967) containment theory: strong moral standards and positive self-image delinquent X (3) social foundations of deviance: -varies according to cultural norms. -people become deviant as others define them that way. -both norms and the way people define rule-breaking involve

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    Deviance

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    Lemaire March 16‚ 2013 Intro: Accord to Cliffs notes Deviance is any behavior that violates social norms‚ and is usually of sufficient severity to warrant disapproval from the majority of society. Cliffsnotes.com says that “Deviance can be criminal or non-criminal.”[1CliffsNotes.com. Theories of Deviance. 16 Mar 2013 <http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/topicArticleId-26957‚articleId-26873.html>. Many different Countries have deviance behaviors and some them in society do fail to conform

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    Deviance and Social Control On August 25‚ 2013 the world watched in disgust as celebrity Miley Cyrus twerked and gyrated on stage at the Video Music Awards Show. People caused a fuss over her back up dancers all being African American women with large derrieres‚ her twerking‚ pointing to her feminine area on her body‚ pushing her face in one of her dancers derriere while smacking it‚ grinding on a foam finger‚ and grinding on a married man. The sociological perspective on deviance is described

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    Deviance Deviance: Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society. However‚ different culture defines deviance differently. Same behavior can be defined as conformity for some culture but in contrast defined as obedience for other culture. * Example: Alcoholism (some society look it as an acceptable behavior but some society (Islamic) look it as deviance. Deviance involves the violation of group norms‚ which may or may not be formalized into law.

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    Theories Of Devaince Presented In There Are No Children Here The four theories of deviance are The Learning Theory‚ The Strain Theory‚ The Social-Bond Theory and the Labeling Theory. These theories alone can explain the reasoning behind someone’s deviant behavior. But‚ in There Are No Children Here we see all of these theories being demonstrated. This lets us have an understanding of exactly why we are seeing the deviant behavior that we are. This learning theory is basically the idea that as

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    Deviance Deviance is defined as‚ “The recognized violation of cultural norms.” Deviance is an act of rebellion against a set of rules‚ and each society establishes different norms. Individuals are expected to follow a specific rule‚ and if broken they may be labeled as deviant. In many situations‚ breaking these laws and rules should not be acceptable but sometimes it is necessary. However‚ being defined as deviant isn’t always because

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    Crime and Deviance

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    Crime and Deviance Introduction Crime is seen as behaviour that breaks the formal written laws of society. Can range from minor to major crimes Deviance is any type of behaviour which goes against the norms of society. All crime is deviant but not all behaviour is deviant Mental illness and suicide are not illegal in UK but are considered deviant Both crime and deviance are BOTH social constructs (changes with time and place) For example it was illegal until 1961 to kill yourself in

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    Deviance in Sport

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    Churchill Sociology SSP325 Marc Lawton Deviance and the Athlete: Causes in Sports Society Due Date: 18th December 2008 Word Count: 2578 Contents Page 1. Introduction 3-5 2. Theories Behind Deviance in Sport 5-6 Conflict and Critical theories 3. Causes of Deviance 6-8 Education System‚ Overconformity & Gambling 4. Sport Ethic 8-10 Underconformity‚ Positive Deviance‚ Varsity Blues & Mary Decker Slaney 5. Drug Use

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