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Crime and Deviance: Definitions
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- 1Downes and Rock (Deviance)Deviance may be considered as banned or contolled behaviour which is likely to attract punishment or disapproval.
- 2Pease (Crime)Crimes are those actions deemed so disturbing to citizens or disruptive to society as to justify state intervention.
- 3Muncie (Crime)Any number of damaging events are far more serious than those that make up the 'crime problem.'
- 4Plummer (Relativity)Societal Deviance: refers to behaviours which have a high degree of consensus as being deviant. e.g. armed robbery
Situational Deviance: refers to how people interpret and identify deviance in light of their own situation.
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- A level Sociology Flashcards on Crime and Deviance: Definitions, created by Natalie Booth on 21/02/2017.
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