Major Forms and Theoretical Causes of Social Deviance
Social Deviance Can Be Described as a Violation of the Culture Norm.
Social Deviance Can Be Described as a Violation of the Culture Norm.
As a society we will need to focus more on the rehabilitation than the punishment of the crimes.
After discussing with community leaders, to address issues surrounding the jailing, release and recidivism currently going on in our city. We have determined that we need to come up with programs to change social policies so that we can minimize recidivism.
Social deviance can be described as a violation of the culture norm. Some forms of deviance can be mild while other offences are more serious. I would categorize recidivism of jailing and release as a serious form.
Robert Merton's "strain theory" which was developed from the work of Durkheim and Merton and taken from the theory of anomie, best describes theoretical causes of social deviance. This theory has given new light to social deviance due to recent studies of criminology. "One factor that must be considered is that individuals have different reactions to certain types of strain and subjectively view different types of objective strain (Agnew, forthcoming)." In another words, people feel they have no choice or option or cave to the pure pressure and do deviant things to be accepted by others. Social deviance is not always about financial gain, however it can be.
This reminds me of a popular TV show called Simpson's, whereby Bart, the little boy in the show, is constantly showing off to his friends by misbehaving and looking for social acceptance into society. The more he misbehaves, the more his fellow students notice him.
In order to lessen the circle that continues with release of prisoners and then re-incarceration, of prisoners, we need to development programs to help these people stay out of prison. As a society we will need to focus more on the rehabilitation than the punishment of the crimes. This may be hard for our community to accept, however with the correct direction and with the decrease in crime, and the tax dollars saved to citizens, this can be done.
References:
Agnew, Robert. (forthcoming). An overview of general strain theory. In Poternaster Raymond (ed.). Essays in criminological theories. LA:Roxbury.
Florida State University, Criminology Dept, "Robert Agnew's General Strain Theory" retrieved on September 5, 2006 from http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/agnew.htm
CTU, SOC205-0603B-01, Retrieved on September 5, 2006, from https://campus.ctuonline.edu/MainFrame.aspx?ContentFrame=/Default.aspx
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- In order to lessen the circle that continues with release of prisoners and then re-incarceration, of prisoners, we need to development programs to help these people stay out of prison.
- This reminds me of a popular TV show called Simpson's, whereby Bart, the little boy in the show, is constantly showing off to his friends by misbehaving and looking for social acceptance into society.
- This may be hard for our community to accept, however with the correct direction and with the decrease in crime, and the tax dollars saved to citizens, this can be done.