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Deviance Theory of Merton

In five pages this paper considers college campus's sociocultural norms in an application of Merton's deviance theory. One source...

College Campuses and Merton's Deviance Theory

desire for material security, success, and comfort on one hand, and limited opportunities to achieve these things on the other han...

Criminal Justice and Various Educational Strategies

appropriate way students are able to obtain a full and eclectic spectrum of what is being taught. Of course, not every subject ne...

Deviance Definitions

human process of diagnosis. There are, however, many advantages to approaching deviance as a pathology. Some of the advant...

Exhibiting Social Deviance

glared and showed signs of impatience but said nothing. Perhaps a more direct approach would draw more direct response. Th...

Kaplan and Reckless Theories' Overview

living on the edge. Reckless and Kaplan do have similar ideas but it pays to take a look at each of their theories and also the co...

Questions on Juvenile Delinquency

In nine pages this research paper examines juvenile delinquency questions in a compilation of 4 brief essays that include such the...

Cinematic Depiction of Deviance

In eleven pages this paper discusses how deviance is cinematically depicted in such films as Leaving Las Vegas and One Flew Over t...

Overview of Important Sociological Theories

In eight pages sociological theories by Becker, Marx, and Weber are discussed in terms of how they relate to issues including soci...

Social Change and the Catalyst of Deviance

In eight pages deviance is examined in terms of functions and how norms violations may perversely actually contribute to the order...

Overview of Deviance

In eight pages the deviance concept is examined in an overview that discusses various factors such as the labeling theory with an ...

Robert Beck's A Sociological and Psychological Look at Pimp The Story of My Life

In nine pages Beck's story is examined within the context of psychological and sociological perspectives with social deviance role...

Concept of Deviance

In ten pages the concept of deviance is examined from various theoretical vantage points and includes labeling and anomie theory a...

Criminal Behavior and the Role of the Media

In two pages this paper examines criminal deviance and the role the media plays in encouraging this behavior. Two sources are cit...

Deviance and Homelessness

difficult to define, but certain behavior patterns which fit nicely into psychology manual descriptions, are deemed to be such. Th...

Criminal Justice, Discrimination, and Political Deviance

In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. criminal justice system's practice of discrimination and the social and political devi...

Application of Criminal Schools of Thought

In ten pages this paper examines criminology in this theoretical overview that discusses conflict, social process, cultural devian...

Deviance and Beyond the Conventional Norm

In ten pages commitment and labeling theories are applied to a discussion of deviance and its various concepts and what constitute...

Overview of Behavior and Social Deviance

In four pages 4 pages this paper presents a theoretical analysis of social deviance. Eight sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Defining Deviance in a Homelessness Context

There is no question that homelessness represents the most "painful form of poverty" (Chitayat PG), with the deviance-defining pro...

Deviance from a Victorian View Perspective

see them in the context of the society in which they originated. The Victorian view of criminality The commonly expressed public ...

A Deviance Theories' Study

In a paper containing ten pages constructivist and etiologic deviance theories are discussed along with differences, similarities,...

Films of Pedro Almodovar and Luis Bunuel

In three pages three essays compare these great filmmakers in a consideration of such themes as social deviance the 'Stockholm Syn...

Deviance in 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe

the "ebon blackness of the floors, and the phantasmagoric armorial trophies" (Poe 24). This seems to indicate a dark illusion tha...

Changing Definition and Perceptions of Sexual Deviance

In eleven pages this paper discusses how sexual deviance definitions and perceptions change with the times. Five sources are cite...

Labeling and Deviant Behavior

In four pages this research paper relates labeling to deviant conduct and also applies the same concept to sexual deviance, drugs,...

Criminology and Deviance Theories

In ten pages this fictitious case study featuring person arrested for pot possession intending to sell explores various deviance t...

A School Violence Sociological Perspective

In this paper consisting of eight pages the reasons for school violence are explored sociologically and contends that child devian...

Deviance Theories and Organized Crime

In six pages this paper applies criminology and deviance theories to Gambino 'family' organized crime group. Six sources are cite...

Prostitution and Theories of Systematic Deviance

In four pages this paper examines prostitution through an application of systematic deviance sociological theories. Two sources a...