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'The Eye of the Beholder' and Crime

is any action that is against the laws of the land, and as such needs to be a social construct as it is the laws that are develope...

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...

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...

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...

Theories of Cultural Deviance

Juvenile delinquency is considered in twelve pages within the context of the Theory of Differential Association by Sutherland and ...

Social Theory and Deviance

In six pages deviance is considered through various sociological theories from Sutherland until Becker along with Brown's conformi...

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...

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...

Security Management and Social Theory

has decreased 50 percent overall. The psychology has changed and it is working. Enforcement forces in those cities are no longer t...

Criminal Behavior Explained

In fifteen pages this paper argues that society alone does not adequately explain crime but that this type of human deviance is be...

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...

Sexually Deviantl Behavior

explains that the concept of sexuality has resulted from the discourse (2001). That is, sexuality would not have even been a topic...

Jeffrey Dahmer and Applications of Reckless' Containment Theory of Delinquency and Gottredson and Hirschi's Self Control Theory

as a whole, criminals have not. Gottredson and Hirschi attribute this failure to inadequate or improper child-rearing which resul...

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...

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 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...

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...

Deviance and Sociological Theory

upon individuals within a group" (Wong, 2005). This theory lays the blame for delinquent behavior on the community, which was una...

Society According to Emile Durkheim

of solidarity in terms of society in general. But, according to Durkheims theorizing, it is not necessarily a beneficial transitio...

Classical Theory and the Demonic Perspective

In five pages this paper takes a theoretical examination of criminal deviance. Three sources are listed in the bibliography....

Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal Lector's Deviance

Hannibal Lecter is not simply a psychopath, but also a psychiatrist with the ability to look into the minds of others and predict ...

Forces of Deviance by Kappeler, Sluder, and Alpert Chapter Summaries

(authoritarian and conservative) that attract them to police work and that their personalities shape the work they do. The other ...

Differential Association Theory and Crime

the subject. When approximations become regular, the psychologist the changes the expectations, and redirects the subject to an e...

Anthropological Views on Deviance

In four pages this paper discusses the text edited by Freilich, Raybeck, and Savishinsky entitled Deviance Anthropological Persp...

Gangs Explained Through Deviance Sociological Theory

This paper examines in five pages how gangs are explained through an application of the deviance sociological theory that includes...

Perrow's Theories of Normal Accidents and Organizational Deviance

seems to conspire against them achieving a desired goal. However, Perrows main point here is to illustrate that there...