Durkheim Strain Theory

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institutionalisation, expulsion etc. Medicine (including psychiatry), welfare, and education all have sanctions but their social control functions are obvious than legal sanctions.

Deviance is not easy to define because of the relative nature of societal norms governing behaviour. A high social consensus exists regarding deviance such as murder. In these cases, deterrence , and confinement of the deviant is the focus. A lower degree of social consensus exists as to what is deviant when it comes to tax evasion.

1. Explain the concept of deviance and provide your own definition of what you consider deviant.

Deviant is an unusual and unexpected problem-producing behavior committed by an individual or group which is considered unwelcome and disrupt peace within the society. It varies from one society to another, place to place, time to time and group to group. It also varies from the degree of seriousness and the power of the opposition to the activity. Power is a factor which ...

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The Government comes in with laws to persecute offenders when the Deviant Behaviour becomes more harmful and adversely impacting individual happiness, the severest being death.

Circumstances play a key role in determining whether or not a particular set of behaviors is to be considered deviant and treated as such. For example, if a person kills another as punishment for wrong doing, it is considered a crime but if a soldier kills a person in war time he is considered a hero and yet both have destroyed a life.

In the context of Zimbabwe, the Economic situation has gone down, unemployment has increased drastically and the informal sector is dominating doing everything for ...

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