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Essay heading: How does society define what is deviant?
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By interpreting this from an individual’s point of view deviance can be seen as any act or practice that is not performed by yourself as it is not normally done by yourself in your regular habits, routines and practices. When we look at deviance from a society’s point of view it can be viewed similarly as something that is not done normally by the community...
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From an act like murder to picking ones nose, there are many things that can be looked at as deviant.
From an academic perspective, according to Paul Rock, deviancy is a social construct fashioned by members of the society in which it exists. Deviant roles are given names which single them out for purposes of elucidation, action and, often, the justification of action...
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