Course Orientation Module: Deviance and the Environment (Essay Sample)

Deviance
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‘There are no children here' is a story of two brothers, who live in Chicago and are part of a dysfunctional family. The environment the boys are born in becomes a great determinant of their experiences and how their lives turn out. Some siblings end up in a life of crime and suffer significant consequences for their choices. The sociology of deviance has some theories that can be used to describe the type of behavior the individuals from the story engage in. One of these theories is the typical reaction and other processes theories. The theories explain how individuals learn deviant behavior through labeling or learning from others. It describes how individuals participate in crime by associating the type of behavior to a famous individual in society especially actors who involved in movies that are based on crime.
Individuals feel that it’s right to engage in such behavior because a well-known person in society is doing it. The theories also explain that individuals learn such behaviors from people they interact with including family members or friends. In the story, Lashwan, the first born in the family, engages in prostitution and drug abuse. Paul, who is the father, has also been engaging in substance addiction. Lashawn has learned the deviant behavior of drug addiction from her father and to cater for the substance abuse; she participates in prostitution (Barkan, 2011).
Sociologists have come up with what needs to be addressed to reduce crime. The social psychological sources of deviance are the major issues according to sociologists. Issues like frustration and anger come as a result of positive stimuli being taken away from an individual's environment and negative stimuli being introduced. ...