DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
– e.g. abortion, premarital sex, polygamy, and divorce
Biological ApproachDeviant behavior stems from one’s physical or biological makeup. According to Cesare Lombroso, an Italian doctor and criminologist, some people are born criminals and have abnormally large jaws, high cheekbones, good eyesight, and insensibility to pain. Psychological ApproachSOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHEmile Durkheim - in times of rapid social change, a variety of conflicting norms give rise to a condition, “normlessness” Robert Merton
control theory Walter Reckless
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