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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