regarding youth crime in Indonesia? The Definition of Juvenile Delinquency in Indonesia as indicated by Article 1 (1) of Law No.3‚ 1997: 1. A Child who Commits a Crime 2. A Child who Commits an Action that is Considered Forbidden for Children. The expanding in urbanization in Indonesia has expanded the total of youth crime. There are a lot of regulation and legislation regarding youth crime in Indonesia. However‚ there are still a lot of youngsters that involve in petty crimes‚ such as
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Karolyn Elizabeth Spillman English 015 Proposal Argument What is the first thing that pops into your head whenever you hear about a crime? Think about it. Most people would automatically say urban communities because they are the most commonly known neighborhood to commit violent crimes. “Black on black crime” exemplifies any other type of gang violence today. Crime itself is classified to be an illegal act that harms the public welfare or morals. I am interested in gang violence because I have had
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causing crime and deviance. Opportunity structures can be described as a factor‚ situation or pathway which can lead towards or away from deviant or criminal behaviour‚ for example if someone does not gain access to the legitimate opportunity structure of education to achieve goals they may look to other‚ illegitimate opportunities and which can lead to them committing crime or engaging in deviant behaviour. One theory that supports the role of access to opportunity structures in causing crime and
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Defining Deviance Deviance- doing something different from the normal Sociological Perspectives on Deviance Formal Deviance- breaking a law or rule example: crime Informal Deviance- doing something different from the customary Social groups create deviance by applying rules to certain people‚ making them “outsiders” Behavior that is deviant or normal depending on the situation Deviance stabilizes society Durkheim thinks that societies use deviance to create and point out the standard norms The
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Theories of Deviance Deviance is any behavior that violates social norms‚ and is usually of sufficient severity to warrant disapproval from the majority of society. Deviance can be criminal or non-criminal. The sociological discipline that deals with crime (behavior that violates laws) is criminology (also known as criminal justice). Today‚ Americans consider such activities as alcoholism‚ excessive gambling‚ being nude in public places‚ playing with fire‚ stealing‚ lying‚ refusing to bathe‚ purchasing
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involvement of the youth in overcoming these problems is of great importance. The youth‚ in a rising nation like ours‚ plays a strong role in bringing reforms to restructure the nation. They protest and demand what is best for the nation. However‚ lately‚ in order to earn quick bucks and the need to fulfil their dreams and desires at the earliest‚ young people have resorted to unlawful means to achieve them. Is the future of the nation becoming its own destructor? According to the National Crime Records Bureau
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approaches to an understanding of crime and deviance (21 marks) Karl Marx‚ would not have considered himself a Marxist but nevertheless‚ here’s what you get: Karl Marx believed that criminals are as much made as born. He theorized that Societies determine what they view as crime but that the "minority in control" determines the scope and distribution of punishments as well as the levels of punishments. Of capitalism Marx wrote about the concept of how crimes such as unfairly profiting from the
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access to opportunity structures in causing crime and deviance. The access to opportunity structure in a society is the distribution of people’s access to occupations‚ education and other ways of supporting their lives and achieving goals. There are many different factors that have to be considered when examining the role of access to opportunity structures in causing crime and deviance. Merton’s (1998) ‘Strain theory and anomie’ argues that deviance arises from the structure of society and that
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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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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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