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    Differences between deviance and crime is pretty significant. Deviance deals with the violation of the social norms for example adultery‚ teen pregnancy‚ and doing drugs. Crime is deviance that violates laws and is punished with formal penalties. In the sociological perspective there are two different types of deviance positive and negative. Negative deviance fails under conforms to accepted norms. Positive deviance over conforms to social expectations. There are also micro and macro levels to

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    While outsourcing may be beneficial to some of the companies partaking in it‚ the general consensus is that it ultimately proves to be harmful to the American workforce. The act of outsourcing and shifting many company call centers and technical support teams‚ or “low skill service jobs‚” to foreign countries reduces jobs for those that could truly benefit from them within our own country. The unemployment rate has dramatically increased‚ and continues to rise‚ compared to what it has been in years

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    Similarities and Differences in Sociological Theories of Crime Walden University Similarities and Differences in Sociological Theories of Crime Sociological theories of crime contain a great deal of useful information in the understanding of criminal behavior. Sociological theories are very useful in the study of criminal behavior because unlike psychological and biological theories they are mostly macro level theories which attempt to explain rates of crime for a group or an area rather

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    Theories of Crime Abstract This thesis explores the relatively new criminal phenomena of computer crime‚ or as it is more commonly termed‚ hacking. The foundation for the examination is based on how well traditional psychological theories of crime and deviance explain this new behaviour. Dominant theories in each of the categories of psychoanalytic‚ learning and control are discussed. The thesis concludes that for the most part‚ traditional psychological theories are deficient with regard

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    Crime Theories Jaime Morris Professor Al CIS170-Wk.4Ass.2 11/04/12 Digital crimes are believed to be caused by different types of theories. The Strain theory could be the cause of digital crimes because the strain of everyday life. The Strain theory is a sociological theory. The strain of an individual’s everyday life is causing people to “give in” to the pressures in society. Some of these individuals feel that they can’t survive without crime. Strains such as peer pressure

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    on females in crime have often been neglected and there are many stereotypes on this matter‚ however reliable data shows that woman engage in less criminal activity then their counter parts. Although statically woman engage in less criminal activity there are many theories and thoughts as to why they do so. Over the last 85+ years the participation of women in the work industry has increased by almost 200 percent and with this the US arrest data which covers property and violent crime statistics from

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    U.S. White-Collar Jobs Offshore Economists have long argued that free trade produces gains for all countries that participate in a free trading system‚ but as the next wave of globalization sweeps through the U.S. economy‚ many people are wondering if this is true‚ particularly those who stand to lose their jobs as a result of this wave of globalization. In the popular imagination for much of the past quarter century‚ free trade was associated with the movement of low-skill‚ blue-collar manufacturing

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    Many People go to School and they are hoping to get an excellent job in any field they choose because that’s what they want. They think that on desire that they can achieve anything they want. Yet Mike Rose‚ in Blue-Collar Brilliance‚ explains how his mother‚ “Rose Meraglio Rose‚ Shaped her adult identity” (1033). She was not the only one‚ his Uncle Joe also had to learn a different way of identifying himself in life. All of this was done through a medium called‚ Work. High school is a big part of

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    Why do people commit crime? This is relatively strong topic discussed by sociologists that believe criminal or deviant behaviors are not because of ones physical characteristic. This essay will mainly focus on the Functionalist and Conflict Theories of crime. Conflict theorist argue that deviance is deliberately chosen‚ and often political in nature‚ where as Functionalist theorist argue that deviance and crime is caused by structural tensions created by social structure. Functionalists argue that

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    intelligence. Every person is put in a category that labels them. If she or he has a white-collar occupation within an office or something as such‚ she or he is labeled as hardworking‚ intuitive‚ and smart. Adults working in cafes‚ construction‚ or other blue-collar jobs are classified as thick‚ lazy‚ and unintelligent. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance” by Mike Rose‚ he retells how his mother and his uncle worked in a blue-collar job‚ or working class job‚ but does not just see them as mindless for their lack

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