Post on 21-Apr-2017
CRIME AND DEVIANCE
THE POLITICAL EFFECTSCreator: Josiah Bent
CRIME Crime refers to activities that breaks the laws of the land
and are subjected to official punishment by the court
system
DEVIANCE Deviance describes any activity that does not conform
to the norms and expectations of a particular society
POLITICS This refers to the activities associated with the governance of a
country or a specific area
RELATED THEORIES Functionalist theory; Emile Durkheim-
He stated that crime and deviance are useful to society. One
usefulness of both crime and deviance in society he explained is
to be used as a means of warning signals in society, indicating
the areas that are ineffective.
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RELATED THEORIES Functionalist theory; Robert Merton-
He explained the major cause of persons going into criminal
activities and committing deviant act. He explained this major
cause as being to achieve a specific goal in society.
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RELATED THEORIES Interactionist Perspective; The labelling theory-
This theory investigates why persons are labelled as criminals or
deviants in society. Once an act is committed, for instance a criminal
act, then an agent of the political system will definitely label this
person as a criminal. The same goes for deviant behaviours.
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RELATED THEORIES Interactionist Perspective; The differential theory-
This theory states that criminal and deviant behaviours are
most times learned from others just like any other behaviours,
through the media, social interaction etc.
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RELATED THEORIES Interactionist Perspective; The Social Control theory-
This theory, which is led by Hirschi, speaks about everyone
having the potential to commit criminal and deviant acts
however fears the consequences. Therefore refraining from
doing so in order for a negative sanction not to be applied.
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POLITICAL EFFECTS OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Crime typically force persons to evaluate the
effectiveness of politics. This will result in persons
becoming disappointed with the government and what
the political leaders are doing for that particular country
or region.
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POLITICAL EFFECTS OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Crime force persons to be socially isolated from
political events in a particular region. Therefore, they
withdraw from participating in civic and political life
such as election of political leaders.
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POLITICAL EFFECTS OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Crime and deviance force persons to have a feeling of
carelessness towards other nation crisis and measures
the government want to put in place with the help of the
residents.
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POLITICAL EFFECTS OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Crime and deviance force persons to support vigilant
justice within communities rather than using the justice
of the land.
“Jungle Justice”
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LAST…BUT NOT LEAST
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF CRIME AND DEVIANCE
Crime and deviance forces persons to join groups which
violently overthrows elected political governments.
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