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6.1 Define deviance.

Video Link: Perspectives on Deviance
Description: Explains the concept of deviant behavior and introduces the theories that define deviance in a sociological context (Theory of Differential Association, Labeling Theory, and Strain Theory).

Audio Link: The Wild, Wild Web 
Description: Technology writer Nate Anderson discusses his book, The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed, which is about how many thought the Internet was beyond government regulation and explored new ways to sidestep the law.

Web Resource: The Sociology of Deviant Behavior 
Description: The website defines, summarizes, and explains, what society considers deviant behavior to be and how the sociological theories explain the social context behind when behaviors are labeled deviant.

6.2 Describe structural/functional, conflict/critical and inter/actionist approaches to theorizing about deviance.

Video Link: How Deviance Challenges Existing Norms 
Description: The video describes how social theories explain why so many people continue to violate norms and laws regardless of the control systems in place.

Audio Link: Freddie Gray Rallies and Riots 
Description: A young adult discusses his reasons for participating in a peaceful student rally for justice for Freddie Gray, the man who died in Baltimore in police custody, and his viewpoints regarding the riots that followed in Baltimore against the police.

Web Resource: Delinquent. Dropout. At-Risk. When Words Become Labels 
Description: The article focuses on young people who are neither in school nor working. There are an estimated 5.5 million of them, ages 16 to 24, in the United States. Because of labels such as “at risk youth”, and "juvenile," they are more likely to be labeled as deviant by society.

6.3 Discuss the relationship between deviance and crime. 

Video Link: How We Violate Social Norms 
Description: People who live in a society are expected to live according to the norms set by that society. The video discusses why people violate norms and the consequences that might follow.

Audio Link: Secular versus Nonsecular views of Deviance 
Description: The audio discusses a course in Franciscan University, which aims to link homosexuality with crimes like murder, rape and robbery.

Web Resource: Deviance and Crime 
Description: The website explains the relationship between deviance and crime and how the study of criminology and deviance differ.

6.4 Discuss the purpose and effects of the criminal justice system. 

Video Link: A Closer Look at the American Criminal Justice System
Description: Stephanos Bibas, a Professor of Law and Criminology and the Director of Penn Law's Supreme Court Clinic, discusses how lawyers have taken over the criminal justice process over the past two centuries, silencing victims and defendants and, in many cases, substituting a plea-bargaining system for the voice of the jury.

Audio Link: How Parole Requirements Contribute to Increased Crime Rates 
Description: The audio discusses how the likelihood of prisoners on parole committing another crime depends on whether they return to their old neighborhoods after prison.

Web Resource: Quick Guide to the Criminal Justice System 
Description: The website provides an overview of how the criminal justice is organized and functions.