Essays about: "Deviance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the word Deviance.

  1. 1. The Violent and Dangerous Suburb : A Qualitative Study of Suburban Youth View of Exclusion, Suburbs, and Suburban Problems

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Iman Brkic; [2023]
    Keywords : Suburb social problems;

    Abstract : This study examines the perspectives of five young individuals on marginalization, suburbs, and suburban issues. All participants are male and between the ages of 16 and 20 years old, residing and growing up in the suburb of Nydala in Malmö County. READ MORE

  3. 2. Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of Modern-Day Freak Show Performers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Dana Stepankova; [2023]
    Keywords : freak; freak shows; BDSM; body suspension; edgework; dark play; subculture; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract Author: Dana Štěpánková Title: Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of ModernDay Freak Show Performers Supervisor: Sébastien Tutenges Master’s Thesis SOCM04, Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Department of Sociology, Spring 2023 Freak shows have been historically depicted as dehumanizing spectacles exhibiting individuals with physical anomalies. Over time, these shows faded away, but human curiosity and fascination with difference and deviance have brought them back in a new form. READ MORE

  4. 3. Policing Humanitarianism : The Impact of Policing on the Humanitarian Operations of Search and Rescue NGOs in the Aegean Sea between 2015-2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Adinde Huizenga; [2023]
    Keywords : Policing; search and rescue; resilience and resistance; NGOs; humanitarian assistance; migration; deviance;

    Abstract : Throughout 2015, the European Union’s response to the large number of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea became increasingly securitised. It translated to the policing of non-governmental search and rescue organisations (SAR NGOs) active in the Aegean Sea. READ MORE

  5. 4. Negotiating Unwanted Outsider Status- A study of Gang Subculture among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sourav Das; [2023]
    Keywords : Rohingya; Rohingya Refugees; Gangs; Refugee Gang; Deviant Subculture; Gang Subculture; Moral Panic; Folk devils; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The emergence of the refugee gang subculture has changed its focus from being a regional to a worldwide problem, drawing on the findings of previous studies. Many past studies suggest that the massive influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar has not only amplified existing socioeconomic challenges but has also fueled concerns within the host population in Bangladesh regarding organized gang violence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Self-Perceived Deviancy, children’s Negotiation of Body and Sexuality in Contemporary Counselling

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Thania Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : Kamratposten; Children’s sexual development; Body; Sexuality in media; Gender; Deviance; Cultural Criminology; Social anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis I investigate children’s negotiation of deviancy and normality in relations to body and sexuality through analysing children’s magazine Kamratposten (KP, Pal Paper). Also, how children’s letters to the editor are being responded to by the magazine’s engaged counsellors of the section Kropp & Knopp (Body & Bud). READ MORE