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Video 1: Perspectives on Deviance: Differential Association, Labeling Theory, and Strain Theory

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).

Video 2: Theories of Deviance

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 1: Young Baltimore Native: 'This Is the Civil Rights Movement Of My Generation'

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.

Audio 2: Some Parole Requirements Could Be Increasing The Crime Rate

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.