Criminology 103 Assignment: Exploring Deviance and Criminal Behavior

This document explores the core concepts of deviance and crime, providing definitions and distinctions between the two. It delves into sociological and psychological explanations of deviant and criminal behavior, including functionalist, structural strain, conflict, symbolic interaction, differential association, and labeling theories. The assignment also examines the major forms of deviance, such as mental illness and substance abuse, and their connections to inequality, including race, class, and gender. Furthermore, it discusses the impact of globalization on deviance and crime, including international terrorism and cyber terrorism. The provided material aims to assist students in understanding the complexities of criminal behavior, as outlined in a Criminology 103 course syllabus which emphasizes psychological theories of learning, behavior, development, personality, psychoanalysis, and cognition.

4/4/2020 Deviance and Crime, Sociology Of Deviance And Crime, Deviance and Crime Definition
https://www.sociologyguide.com/questions/questions-on-crime.php 1/2
The Future Is the Web
Learn how to build a strategy with
automation and integration from our
whitepaper!
Acunetix
Search...
Home (https://www.sociologyguide.com) >> Sociology Questions (index.php) >> Questions on Crime
Questions on Crime
What is the difference between deviance and crime?
Deviance is behavior that violates norms and rules of society, and crime is a type of deviant behavior that violates the formal criminal law. Criminology is the
study of crime from a scientific perspective.
How do sociologists conceptualize and explain deviance and crime?
Deviance is behavior that is recognized as violating expected rules and norms and that should be understood in the social context in which it occurs.
Psychological explanations of deviance place the cause of deviance primarily within the individual.
Sociologists emphasize the total social context in which deviance occurs. Sociologists see deviance more as the result of group and institutional, not individual,
behavior.
What does sociological theory contribute to the study of deviance and crime?
Functionalist theory sees both deviance and crime as functional for the society because it affirms what is acceptable by defining what is not. Structural strain
theory, a type of functionalist theory, predicts that societal inequalities actually force and compel the individual into deviant and criminal behavior. Conflict
theory explains deviance and crime as a consequence of unequal power relationships and inequality in society. Symbolic interaction theory explains deviance
and crime as the result of meanings people give to various behaviors.
Differential association theory, a type of symbolic interaction theory, interprets deviance as behavior learned through social interaction with other deviants.
Labeling theory, also a type of symbolic interaction theory, argues that societal reactions to behavior produce deviance, with some groups having more power
than others to assign deviant labels to people.
What are the major forms of deviance?
Mental illness, stigma, and substance abuse are major forms of deviance studied by sociologists, although deviance comprises many
different forms of behavior. Sociological explanations of mental illness focus on the social context in which mental illness develops and
is treated. Social stigmas are attributes that are socially devalued. Substance abuse includes alcohol and drug abuse but is not limited
to these two forms.
What are the connections between inequality, deviance, and crime?
Sociological studies of crime analyze the various types of crimes, such as elite crime, organized crime, corporate crime, and personal
and property crimes. Many types of crimes are underreported, such as rape and certain elite and corporate crimes. Sociologists study
the conditions, including race, class, and gender inequality, that pro- duce crime and shape how different groups are treated by the
criminal justice system, such as showing group differences in sentencing.
How is crime related to race, class, and gender?
In general, crime rates for a variety of crimes are higher among minorities than among Whites, among poorer persons than among
middle or upper class persons, and among men than among women. Women, especially minority women, are more likely to be victimized by serious crimes
such as rape or violence from a spouse or boy- friend.
How is globalization affecting the development of deviance and crime?
International terrorism is a crime, and crime is thus global. Other global crimes of significance are bioterrorism and cyber terrorism. Osama bin Laden�s al
Qaeda organization, assumed to be the organization that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed over 3000 individuals, was centered in Afghanistan and
was central to the international drug trade. Thus, crimes are clearly not just the acts of a crazed individual or small group of individuals, but the result of
structural and cultural conditions.
New Deal
Unlocked
New Deals Every Day
- While Stocks Last.
T's&c's Apply.
Home (../index.html)
(https://www.sociologyguide.com/)

4/4/2020 Deviance and Crime, Sociology Of Deviance And Crime, Deviance and Crime Definition
https://www.sociologyguide.com/questions/questions-on-crime.php 2/2
(https://www.baghvillas.com)
Follow Us (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sociology-Guide/100869009967057) () (https://twitter.com/sociologyguide1) ()
© 2020 Sociology Guide.Com (https://www.sociologyguide.com)
(https://www.sociologyguide.com/)