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Deviance and Crime

Deviance and Crime

Q What evidence can you recall to argue that deviance is a social construction? Are there any norms that exist in other countries - or other time periods - that are not similar to what is experienced in contemporary American society (please avoid using those discussed in the powerpoint)? Perhaps something that is now considered deviant that once wasn't (or vice versa) or a cultural practice that, here in the U.S., would be considered deviant and warrant a formal sanction? How does this transition into unequal distribution of deviant identities and the consequences of such (crime)?

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Crime is socially constructed which means that even if the crime is legal or illegal it is determined by the social processes. Some crimes that were illegal back then are more than likely legal now. The society has changed so therefore everyone has a different look on things. As said in this article, "Lizzie Borden (1860–1927) was tried but not convicted of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892. The popular rhyme of the time went, “Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.