Social deviance is a term that refers to forms of behavior and qualities of persons that others in society devalue and discredit. So what exactly is deviance? In this essay we are concerned with social deviance‚ not physiological deviations from the expected norm. In general‚ any behavior that does not conform to social norms is deviance; that is behavior that violates significant social norms and is disapproved of by a large number of people as a result. For societies to run with some semblance
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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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Psychological Approaches to Crime I was interested in assessing two different approaches to the important issue of crime in society. The articles I chose seek to find different causes to crime via psychological and biological approaches respectively. In this essay I will summarise and analyse both articles and explain how they can be useful in the prevention of crime. For my first journal article I looked at ‘A Psychological Approach to Deterrence: The Evaluation of Crime Opportunities’ By John S
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assess the usefulness of labelling theory in explaining crime and deviance. (21 marks) Labelling theorists are concerned with how and why certain people and actions come to be labelled as criminal or deviant‚ and what effects this has on those who are labelled as such. As stated in Item A‚ labelling theory is focused with how individuals construct society based on their interactions with each other. Becker emphasises the significance of crime being a social construct; an action only becomes criminal
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definitions on youths. Labelling: Labelling is a dynamic social procedure of
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How Accurate is the Media’s Portrayal of Youth Crime? The media plays a major role in distributing crime stories to the public through means of the television‚ newspapers and the radio as well as several other ways. In terms of accuracy‚ it is commonly thought that the media do in fact distort the image of our youth‚ resulting in the public perceiving that youth crime is on the rise. The media is an extremely useful method of delivering information to the public‚ and has much power in directing
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Outline and assess the view that crime and deviance are socially constructed There has been a pleather of research regarding the issue of crime and deviance. A definition of crime and deviance can be explained in relative terms which are dependant on any particular society’s interpretation of crime and deviance. Cultures differ from one society to another and the general consensus of right and wrong can also evolve throughout time. Definitions of crime and deviance can evolve with factors such as
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Society is to blame for the crimes of its youths. To what extent is this true? Crimes of the youths‚ refers to the failure of a youth to perform an act specifically required by law. It has been reported that‚ along the years‚ the rate of youth crimes has shown a tendency to increase. Truly‚ from the case of Mary Bell to the Virginia Tech Massacre‚ every time public awareness and anger was arisen. At the same time‚ more and more young criminals are exposed to the public limelight‚ and we begin
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theories for an understanding of crime and deviance” (21 marks) Sociologists who favour the Marxist approach to explanations of crime concentrate on the exploitative nature of the capitalist society in which we live and how it propels individuals into a life of crime. Marxism is criticised by other theories who do not share their opinion on capitalism – this therefore means they do not share their opinion on crime and deviance. The traditional Marxist view on crime is that capitalism is a system
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