Crime and Deviance

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(STRUCTURAL INEQUALITIES)

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Changes in deviance

PERCEPTIONS AND RESPONSES TO DEVIANCE HAVE CHANGED

SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF DEVIANCE HAS CHANGED

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Deviance and social control

WHO DEFINES DEVIANCE

DEVIANCE CAN BE USED AS A DEVICE FOR SOCIAL CONTROL

APPLIES TO SOCIAL NORMS AND LAWS

LEGITIMACY GIVEN TO SOME TO CONTROL DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR EG POLICE

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Deviance and class

DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR VIEWED DIFFERENTLY

WHITE COLAR CRIME SEEN AS LESS ‘DEVIANT’

INITIAL STUDIES OFTEN FOCUSED ON LOWER-CLASS DEVIANCE

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Crime or deviance?

The media play a major role in determining what is acceptable and not acceptable in our society.