...For my deviance experiment, I chose to visit Gulf View Square Mall and strike up uninhibited talks with various mannequins, and have a friend observe the shoppers’ reactions from a distance. The first store I entered was one that sells only teenage and adult female clothing, called Body Shop. I waited until there was a significant amount of people close enough to hear me (about 10-15), then began to talk to the mannequin: a tall, shiny black one wearing a short, leopard dress. I talked for about 10 minutes, making sure to appear to hear her talk back, and tried to ignore the looks and rude comments I could hear various patrons making at me. I completed my one-way conversation, bought a pair of earrings, and left- my friend trailed behind me after a few minutes so no one would associate the two of us and get the idea that it was an experiment. The second store we tried was Claire’s, a jewelry store for pre-teen and teenage girls. Due to a lack of mannequins, I chose instead to get into an intense argument with a set of orange, floral earrings. We followed the same pattern, with a friend observing reactions so I could focus on my social project. The final store experiment was at Macy’s, which was buzzing with various sorts of people. I felt that this would be the perfect place to really test my results, as a department store in Gulf View is an adequate example of a microcosm of New Port Richey. I walked in, then began my standard conversation with another mannequin...
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...and the first characters point of view you see is Hector. As you transfer from character to character the author also includes personal problems within each person that does not focus on the slapping incident of the child named Hugo. The first level of deviance is Primary. Primary deviance is committing a deviant act that is recognized as deviance but does not change your image. An example from the book is when Harry, a character at the family barbeque, does cocaine that he receives from his mistress named Kelly that the characters seem to be unaware of. The second level of deviance is Secondary. Secondary deviance is when you commit a deviant act that is recognized as deviance and changes your self- image. An example of secondary deviance is when Harry slaps a child across his face. The slapping of a child that is not his own sparks a debate between friends and family who have different viewpoints towards the disciplining of children, some believe Harry is a child abuser for his act, which eventually causes them to delve into a dispute. The third level of deviance is Tertiary. Tertiary deviance is when you commit a deviant act and it is part of your self image but is not recognized as a deviant act. An example of tertiary deviance from the novel “The Slap” would be when Aisha recounts a story to Manolis, Harry’s uncle, about the time when Harry’s wife Sandi came to her in private after she was beaten by Harry. The incident left a scar on her face that she hides and no one...
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...A cultural deviance theory is a theory in which points to crime as a set of values that exist in neighborhoods that lack advantages. It is said to believe that social disorganization and delinquency are linked, which determines bad behavior in slum areas. This bad behavior can cause conflicts with society’s laws. There are three major cultural deviance theories, which are social disorganization, differential association, and culture conflict. Social Disorganization theory focuses more on the development of high-crime areas where there is a loss of conservative values, which is caused by increased immigration, urbanization, and industrialization. This theory is more based on family and neighborhood associations, social controls in neighborhoods and communities, and breakdown of effective social bonds. It all...
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...Deviance is defined as as a violation of social norms, in regards to sociology. But what if deviance is actually just the opposite? What if deviance is simply a social norm? Cultural deviance theory suggests that the conformity to cultural norms of lower class societies actually causes crime. Simply stated, if you are in a lower class of society, committing a crime is actually an act of conformity. In the case of these poor societies, it is more obscure to not conform to the consistent lifestyle of crime. Moreover, does deviance really even exist in these societies? Those born into a lower class society, according to the cultural deviance theory, are born into a life of crime. Members of the poor society are expected to commit crimes, due...
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...Deviance is “a behavior, trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction.” When I was younger, it was deviant for younger girls to wear any makeup. When I was in the third and fourth grade, none of my friends wore any makeup. I’m 17 years old and barley know how to apply makeup, because my mom didn’t let me wear any until I was in the seventh grade. Even when I was allowed to wear makeup, I still didn’t wear any, except for cheer competitions. Today, there are third and fourth graders who wear more makeup then my friends or I have ever worn. Young girls make makeup tutorials and post them on YouTube. I see young girls walking around with a face full of makeup. Also, their parents are buying them makeup...
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...accepted path. Many sociological definitions of deviance simply elaborate upon this idea. Thus deviance consists of those areas which do not follow the norms and expectations of a particular social group. Deviance may be positively sanctioned (rewarded), negatively sanctioned (punished), or simply accepted without reward or punishment. In terms of the above definition of deviance, the soldier on the battlefield who risks his life above and beyond the normal call of duty may be termed deviant, as the physicist who breaks the rules of his discipline and develops a new theory. Their deviance may be positively sanctioned; the soldier might be rewarded with a medal, the physicist with a Noble...
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...Issues in Accounting Education Volume 27, No. 2, 2012 CASE: DEVIANCE AT RKGA LLP Rick Berry slouched over his desk in the audit room at Videonics, his largest year-end client. Busy season was always tough, but this year it seemed even tougher. Since being promoted to senior manager a year and a half ago, Rick felt like he was being even more heavily scrutinized by his partners—including Joe Trumbell, his mentor and long-time friend. While Joe and other partners remained generally complimentary of Rick’s work, they seemed particularly teed up over the work behavior of several staff members of the firm—including some who were on multiple jobs with Rick. When Joe approached Rick and told him that Rick’s proximity to the staffers involved made him the perfect guy to investigate this matter further, Rick accepted the assignment. That was four months ago. The clock on the wall behind him ticked closer to 11:00 p.m. and the faint hum of a vacuum cleaner could be heard down the hall. Rick really wished Joe had asked someone else to shoulder this burden but, unfortunately, he had not—and Rick knew he had a meeting with Joe tomorrow morning to update him on some of his work. He glanced at his notes, and rehashed conversations with firm members and clients during that period: a staffer with a penchant for surfing the web; another who appeared to somewhat regularly ‘‘disappear’’ for brief periods of time during the workday; two others who submitted reimbursement reports with personal...
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...2006 Litzky, Eddleston and Kidder 91 The Good, the Bad, and the Misguided: How Managers Inadvertently Encourage Deviant Behaviors by Barrie E. Litzky, Kimberly A. Eddleston, and Deborah L. Kidder* Executive Overview Recent estimates of the costs associated with deviant behavior in the workplace are staggering. While part of the managerial function requires the establishment of rules and policies that promote good customer service and product consistency, managers who lead with a firm hand or place too much pressure on sales quotas, may be unknowingly contributing to their employees’ deviant behaviors. Managers must learn to identify the role that they play in triggering employee deviance. Once recognized, there is much that managers can do to ameliorate the triggers that encourage otherwise honest employees to engage in deviant behavior. M “I wouldn’t say what I did was unethical. Rather, it was more, say, questionable. But hey, my manager says, ‘The customer is always right.’ So basically, I was following her orders.” “Come on – everybody does it. It’s almost expected. I bet even my manager did it when he had my job.” “Considering how much money I bring into this place, I deserve it. They should be paying me more anyway.” anagers often face employees like these who try to justify their actions after being caught behaving inappropriately. Some managers may terminate these employees in an attempt to rid the organization of such unscrupulous individuals...
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...Jane Ha Dr. Wagner Sociology of Deviance April 11, 2013 A Visit to the Detention Center My visit to the Clark County Juvenile Center provided many helpful and interesting insights on my own study of deviance, specifically on how social power and social context play a significant role on the definition, legalization, and construct of deviance and the deviant being. Based on the information from the two informants I interviewed about their life and the events that led them to the juvenile center, I noticed several patterns and similarities in the family structure and the reference group, whom they interacted with every day. The first similarity was the absence of the father figure; both informants’ parents were divorced and they reported having more communication with their mothers than their dad. My first informant, who was Eddie, 15 years old, simply stated their parents were separated and the informant was living with his mom and sister, with little mentioning of his dad. Similarly, Tyeal, 16 years old, said she rarely saw her dad and even though she added that he tried to be there for her. “…My dad lives in Springfield, he tries to be there for me, but he is an alcoholic and I don’t see him often.” However, the relationships between Eddie and Tyeal’s moms were significantly different. While Eddie seemed to have a good relationship with his mom and his sister; he described his mom as “cool and has a great sense of humor”, the relationship between Tyeal and her...
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...Deviance is a term coined by William Graham Sumner meaning a violation of established contextual,cultural or social norms whether folkways,mores,or codified law (Lesson 7, Textbook). Deviant behavior can be divided into two broad categories mild and severe also known as primary and secondary. What is deviant behavior cannot be answered straightforward it is dependent on location, audience, and individual committing the act (Lesson 7, Textbook). Primary deviance also known as "mild" is a violation of a norm that does not result in any long-term effects on the individuals self-image or interactions with others (Lesson 7,Textbook). One example of this is a high schooler going to a party and decides to try alcohol, this does not make the teen...
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...To what extent can organizations minimize counterproductive or deviant behaviour? By definition, counterproductive work behaviors are voluntary acts that are determined to an organization. They have important implications for the well-being of an organization. and deviance behaviors are acts based on intentions to cause damage, discomfort, or punishment to the organization or other individuals within the organization. Deviant behaviors can include smaller offenses like intentionally working slower or could be as drastic as sabotage of work. These estimated losses do not include losses from other sources, nor do they consider the fact that many losses attribute to a extent go undetected these can be also said as a silent killer , and for a well developed organizations, in case of counterproductive or deviant behavior the initial consequences will be brutal. Why does counterproductive or deviant behaviour occur in a organization ? In an organization most important people are the co-workers, they are the base of the company or the organization. If they no longer have trust from each other Then its not going to run smoothly. deviance will often occur when employees feel a psychological contract has been violated. A psychological contract is a set of beliefs or unstated agreement between the employee and the organization (or individuals within the organization) of their obligations to one another. A common psychological contract many employees possess is: If they...
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...made it obvious that he would not comply with the rules and made an enemy named Nurse Ratched. His deviance inevitably led to the sealing of his own fate when his actions became more pronounced and more severe. Throughout his stay, he was denied many of his rights as a mental patient and was subjected to wrongful treatment from the staff of the institution. According to the text, abnormality can be defined by comparing the behavior of the person in question to a set of criteria. This set of criteria consists of: Unusualness, Social Deviance, Faulty Perceptions or Interpretations of Reality, Significant Personal Distress, Maladaptive or Self-Defeating Behavior, and Dangerousness (Nevid et al. 5-7). These criteria are only useful in deciding whether or not someone is exhibiting abnormal behavior if the behavior is appropriate for that specific situation. For example, if someone is depressed after the loss of a loved one, then that would be appropriate for the situation and would not be considered abnormal. Similarly, if someone is depressed for no apparent reason, then it would be within the realm of possibility that the person is exhibiting abnormal behavior (Nevid et al. 5). Unusualness is a relatively simplistic term used to describe whether or not someone is acting in a strange way. However, unusualness is not to be mistaken with a behavior that is a statistical deviance or a rare occurrence (Nevid et al. 6). In the movie, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Randle McMurphy...
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...Shawn Bellesine Andy Jones English 102 28 September 2014 Our mouths are closed:Locker room camaraderie in sports today In his article,”Locker Room Cultivates a Reluctance to Criticize” published in the September issue of the New York Times, author Ben Shpigel discusses the growing trend of deviant behavior amongst professional football players: the alarming increase of anomie among their teammates in the locker room. Shpigel agrees and argues with other columnists and authors, that the reason behind most of this deviant behavior stems from a fast and rapid change in wealth, the stress and burden that it brings with it, when dealing with fortune and fame. The two most recent cases of player misconduct have caused an outbreak of cries from players and fans, when running back Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens was caught on an elevator camera knocking his fiance out cold and running back Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings charged with child abuse for beating his son with a switch. The sports industry has been under extreme scrutiny for years now: with its rules of engagment towards the misconduct of players, but none more than ever with what we are seeing in the news and media today with the N.F.L. Ben Shpigel a sports journalist for the New York Times, has covered the New York Jets since 2011, the Yankees since 2010 and the Mets since 2005. Shpigel was born in Philadelphia on Sept. 23, 1980. Shpigel has since received a bachelors degree for English and Journalism...
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...I. Background Research Deviance or deviant behavior is behavior that departs from social norms. While all three theories are linked under the social process umbrella and believe that people that are delinquent and those that are not delinquent share the same feelings about society and the role it plays in their lives, they have different beliefs as to how someone does deviant and criminal activities. Social learning theory proposes that people are born good and learns to be bad (Siegel, L., 2013). Criminal behavior and values are learned when an individual associates themselves with another individual that engages in criminal misconduct. Thus the styles of crimes are learned through personal bonds amongst groups. Adolescent children...
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...Abnormality, according to Merriam Webster (2014), is defined as something that is not usual, expected, or normal. But how do we know what is normal and what it is not? There are many criteria professionals in mental health field use to identify abnormal behavior, but there is still no criterion that fully defines abnormality (Barlow & Durand, 2015). Some of those criteria are unusualness, maladaptive behavior, dangerousness, emotional distress and social deviance (McLeod, 2008). I will describe three criteria of abnormality I believe are the most salient and valid. One of the most important criteria of abnormality I believe is psychological dysfunction, specifically when person has a breakdown in cognitive, emotional or behavioral functioning (Barlow & Durand, 2015). I believe this a valid criteria of abnormality because a person who suffers from psychological dysfunction usually has no control over these actions. If an individual's reactions to a specific situation are over-exaggerated, it does not necessarily mean that it is a sign of abnormality, however this behavior needs to be taken into consideration when dealing with patients (Barlow & Durand, 2015). Most people are able to control some of the unpleasant feelings or emotions, so feeling sadness or fear for no reason might be a sign that something is wrong. An example would be if a “normal” girl who is unable to stomach the sight of blood sees it, she might feel a little dizzy or nauseous and request to leave...
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