There is nothing inherently deviant in any human act, something is deviant only because some people have been successful in labelling it so. ... They claim that when a person becomes known as a deviant, and is ascribed deviant behaviour patterns, it is as much, if not more, to do with the way they have been stigmatized, then the deviant act they are said to have committed. ... The deviance does not inhere in the act itself but in the response of others to that act. ... For example, a man caught in an isolated act of stealing may be convicted, sent to prison, labelled as a criminal, and later a...

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Abstract Business losses due to employee theft are estimated to approach $200 billion annually in the US. Experts pose many reasons for employee theft, but provide few prevention strategies for human resource managers. The various causes of employee theft are explored, from employee personality characteristics, to the social environment, to flaws in the organization's control system. From this analysis, guidelines for theft prevention strategies are offered. Since strategies may involve top-down control or trust-building experiences for employees and managers, HR managers are encouraged t...

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The study concluded the stress, or strain, from an unfair social environment can in fact cause a number of individuals to act out in anger, and anger itself can cause nonconformance and lead a person to conform to a way of life that better suits their personal needs. ...

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These articles and other similar articles describe these very young girls' physique as threatening and unbecoming, of them becoming a menacing gang or 'crew' members who speak and act violently and sadistically (Trottier Daniel; Fuchs Daniel, 2015). ...

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The study of criminal psychology has been given a number of names including forensic psychology, legal psychology and criminal psychology but under all these titles, psychologist have aimed to gain knowledge of criminal behaviour in order to both investigate and absolve crimes and ultimately to prevent them. ... As Eysenck and Gudjonsson (1989) stated: "What is inherited are certain peculiarities of the brain and nervous system that interact with certain environmental factors and thereby increase the likelihood that a person will act in a particular antisocial manner in a given situation...

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It is obvious that in the United States, education plays an integral role in an individual's life and role in society as a whole. Sociologists, however, view this role from many different points of view and ultimately come to different conclusions about what education truly achieves. One of these conclusions, which comes from a functionalist point of view, is the idea that the primary function of education is to help socialize children and prepare them for their eventual entrance into society as adults. Another one of these conclusions, which comes from a conflict theory point of view, ...

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As Hazel Jones notes, there were many women who acted similarly, privileging a steady income and home over the possibility of happiness.6 If happiness was found in marriage it was usually just an added bonus; few marriages were actually created in happiness. ... Caroline Bingley's claim quoted at the beginning of this essay outlines the skills a woman must retain to be awarded the title of an 'accomplished woman' at this time. ...

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One cannot understand the problematics of gender violence solely by referring to the relationship of power or authority between man and women. Rather one needs to consider the problem by relating it to the specific social formation. In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive and ideological apparatus, is thus to be considered as well. In order to clarify our perspective on the problem, it is also important to note that violence against women is to be considered as being essentially related to the more general problems of women's oppression. So instead of conceptually...

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