Select one of the topic questions below. Make sure you identify which topic you have selected by noting its number (1, 2, 3, etc).

Select one of the topic questions below. Make sure you identify which topic you have selected by noting its number (1, 2, 3, etc).
Compare and contrast deviance and crime. From the perspective presented in the audio, explain what social factors shape our understandings of what constitutes deviance and conformity. How would this weaken the argument that some things determined to be illegal because they are innately dangerous to individuals and groups or disruptive to society?
Define symbolic interactionism and contrast it with the two other main theory groups in society. Using all three, offer different origins of deviance that prescribe different responses of society toward deviance and conformity.
Discuss the operation of the criminal justice system from a sociological perspective (functionalism, conflict theory or interactionism). What insights does this afford you common in the public mind and what parts of this perspective contradicts commonly held understandings? How has changing definitions of deviant sexuality informed your opinion?
Apply race-conflict and feminist theories to the topic of crime. How does race or gender influence the criminal justice system? Be specific in your answer but insure your conclusions are generalizable.

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