SCLY4 Crime and Deviance with Theories & Methods Past Papers Use the following past papers to practise your exam writing techniques and aid your revision. Make sure you look at the mark scheme for each question to assess your answer. Also check the ‘model answers’ from students to see where good AO1 and AO2 marks were scored. Crime and Deviance Different theories of crime‚ deviance‚ social order and social control. The social distribution of crime and deviance by age‚ ethnicity
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Essay unit 3 Robert Decker The term "deviance" usually refers to some behavior that is inconsistent with standards of acceptable conduct prevailing in a given social group. The term has also been used to designate personal conditions‚ ideas‚ or statuses that are stigmatized or disreputable. Socialists disagree‚ about a precise definition of deviance because they use different approaches in trying to determine exactly what the standards of conduct or the acceptable statuses and conditions are
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Anomie Theory of Deviance Dahlia Magdy Abdal-Hakim This paper is an application of Merton’s Anomie Theory of Deviance (1957) on August Wilson’s play Fences. The present research is a sociological approach aims to analyze how the structural and the cultural factors of a society forces people to be under strain to accomplish goals. These factors play a crucial role shaping each character in the play along with their differences. In accordance with Merton’s Anomie Theory of Deviance‚ choosing
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Reviewer: Social Science II I. Adam Smith Concepts: 1. Theory of Moral Sentiments- Man is motivated by his self-interest; the approbation and acceptance of his fellow man‚ being chief. Alongside with this‚ are two natural sentiments of man: sympathy and imagination. These he uses to feel along with another who suffers. Man can place himself in the position of an impartial spectator who has no bias for or against himself or others and this causes him to have sympathy‚ imagining himself
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Theories of Deviance: Conflict Theory Why are some people ’s behaviors more apt to be negatively labeled by the criminal justice system? Labeling theorists point to the role of moral entrepreneurs or social movements‚ but what about the forces that underlie a particular moral crusade? Why‚ for example‚ would American society want to criminalize the production‚ sale‚ and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the 1920s? Why the increased penalties for domestic violence in the 1970s‚ or the War on
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McLeay Sociology – Block H 29 October 2014 Deviance I believe that conflict theory represents deviance the best. Conflict theory is defined as societies competition for scarce resources and how social groups use their power to take advantage of one another. Groups use power‚ conflict‚ competition‚ and exploitation to do what they want and define other less powerful groups. In Mario’s story there were many acts o deviance‚ a few representing conflict theory included: the police brutality‚ the distrust
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5pm Monday 10th August 1. Why might some sociologists argue that the sociology of deviance is ‘dead’? Many sociologists have said that the sociology of deviance is dead‚ such as Colin Sumner in 1975. It was said that behaviors are not deviant but rather just seen as not normal in society‚ but the term ‘normal’ cannot exactly be defined. Deviance is a discipline in Sociology that many claim is now ‘dead’. Deviance is an act with refers to ‘norm-breaking’ in our society. A social norm is appropriate
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Social bond theory (Hirschi‚ 1969) explains conformity as a result of attachment to others and how people are concerned about what others think of them. For example‚ in Disney‚ visitors are wished a happy day at each transition. Therefore‚ encouraging a bond with the employees and visitors (Newburn‚ 2012). Commitment is also an element‚ the investment of time in specific events prevents deviance because one doesn’t want to risk the loss of investment. For example‚ when Shearing’s daughter developed
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A) WHAT IS DEVIANCE? o Def: Behavior‚ beliefs or conditions that violate significant norms in society‚ or the group in which it occurs. o Behavior-Belief-Condition o Based on “beliefs” or “deviation from the mean” o Crime is not necessarily a deviant (speeding) o Deviance is not necessarily a crime (assisting drowning). 1) Who defines deviance? NOT inherent in specific behavior or person. SOCIALLY-defined and relative to the situation. CRIME- a violation of criminal law-punished by the CJ
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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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