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Curated OER

Defining Crime and Deviance

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this crime and deviance worksheet, students answer questions and provide examples of various types of deviant and criminal behavior and compare it from culture to culture.
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Curated OER

Introduction to Deviance

For Students Higher Ed
In this Introduction to Deviance worksheet, students read some background passages, then perform several exercise such as answering questions about the reading and writing about their own opinions.
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Curated OER

Crime and Deviance

For Students Higher Ed
In this Crime and Deviance worksheet, students answer seventy-eight questions, then respond to ten essay questions on these topics.
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Curated OER

Social Reactions to Crime and Deviance

For Students Higher Ed
In this Reactions to Crime and Deviance worksheet, students answer six questions about this topic. Suggested point values for each question are given.
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Curated OER

Social Reactions to Crime and Deviance

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this Reactions to Crime and Deviance worksheet, learners answer eight questions about deviance by defining, explaining, and identifying reasons for their answers.
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Curated OER

Defining Crime and Deviance

For Students Higher Ed
For this Defining Crime and Deviance worksheet, students answer nine questions about crime according to several theorists and schools of thought.
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Curated OER

The Functions of Crime and Deviance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this Functions of Crime worksheet, learners respond to various writing prompts including examining theories and theorists and explaining key concepts.
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Curated OER

Explanation for Crime

For Students Higher Ed
In this Explanation for Crime worksheet, students fill in a chart about the seven elements of social theory of deviance. Point values are provided.
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Curated OER

Crime and Deviance

For Students 9th - 11th
In this sociology worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions pertaining to crime and defiance and their social construction and relativity.
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Explanations for Crime

For Students Higher Ed
In this Explanations for Crime worksheet, students complete a chart by describing how four concepts have been used to explain female criminality.
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Curated OER

Explanations for Crime

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Explanations for Crime worksheet, students answer questions in extended response form about crime and the theories behind it.
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University of Iowa

Ui: Sociological Theories of Deviance: Definitions and Considerations [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students participate in a jigsaw activity to learn about the major theories of social deviance - anomie theory, control, differential association, and labeling. They then examine the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 while...
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Theories of Deviance

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at different theories of social deviance and their variants. These include rational choice, structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theories.
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SparkNotes

Spark Notes: Deviance: Structural Functional Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how structural functional theory can be used to explain social deviant behavior. Describes four functions of deviance that were identified by Durkheim, and the deviant and conformist ways that individuals respond to...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Cliffs Notes: Theories of Deviance

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about four theories related to deviance and criminology which have emerged within the past 50 years.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Introduction to Sociology: Theoretical Perspectives on Deviance

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does social deviance occur? Read about three theories that are grouped according to the three major sociological paradigms: functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theory.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Sociology: Sociological Theories of Deviance

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the four main perspectives of what social deviance is: social strain typology, structural functionalism, conflict theory, and labeling theory.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.