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1) Describe the behavior and why the behavior is considered deviant. (This might appear more obvious in some cases than in others and should include Adler & Adler’s ABC’s and 3 S’s).
2) How do these deviants view their own behavior? For example, do they regard their deviance as a one-time aberration or see it as a deviant career? Justify your answer.
3) In your view, what impacts (both positive and negative) does the deviant behavior have on society?
4) In what ways has society responded or reacted to the deviance?
5) Provide a brief analysis of the deviant behavior from the perspective of TWO OR MORE of the sociological theories on deviance set out in the text and discussed in lectures, up to this point. One of these perspectives must be the ideas of Goffman, in some capacity. Another must be one of the conceptualization of deviance ideas (Normative/Positivist, Social Constructionist/Relativist, Critical).
NOTE: Question #5 above is the most important as you must apply two or more theoretical perspectives to the topic you have chosen. Your comparison should involve explanations associated with different categories of theory and not two theories selected from within the same category—in other words, you can talk about Goffman’s ideas on stigma and align them with the ideas of Social
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