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The Study Of Deviance
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When studying deviance, sociologists view the subject in different ways, and posses different theories about the way deviant behavior is caused, treated and studied. Goode defines theories as "models of the world that are supported by a preponderance of evidence" (p.66). In order for a theory to ....
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....al standards learned from their parents" (Empey,1982, p.199). I agree with Goode's view on this theory which is that growing up with deviance can influence your own actions, but overall deviant acts are committed because of the way individual minds process and evaluate situations.
Control theory studies why people do not commit deviant acts. The theory "assumes that engaging in deviance is not problematic, that if left to our own devices, all of us would deviate from the rules" (p.90). Contro.... |
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