Crime and Deviance

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What is crime?
Breaking the law
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What is deviance?
Breaking social norms and values
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Plummer
Deviance can divided into societal and situational
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Societal
Most member see the behaviour as deviant
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Situation
Most members see the behaviour as deviant depending on the situation
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Inevitability
Not everyone is equally socialised and therefore prone to deviate. In modern societies norms and values are diverse
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Boundary maintenance
Reaction to crime unite society and promotes social solidarity
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What is deviance?

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Breaking social norms and values

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Plummer

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Societal

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Card 5

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Situation

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