Deviance Amplification Theory explores how society’s reaction to crime can unintentionally increase criminal behavior. This ...

Deviancy amplification is a theory that suggests that deviance in a society is the unintended consequence of police control, over-reaction and labelling by the mass media and popular reaction to ...

A theory born from understanding the Challenger disaster. Hosts Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani introduce the theory of normalization of deviance, an understanding that came from study of the ...

Talcott Parsons’ sick role theory suggests that the ill deserve care and exemption from normal duties and this is offered ...

Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook drive about 26% of all traffic to online news stories according to the analytics provider Chartbeat–even more if you’re Upworthy or BuzzFeed, to the ...

Criticism provides a forum for current scholarship on literature, media, music, and visual culture. A place for rigorous theoretical and critical debate as well as formal and methodological ...

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 376, Sex and the Contemporary American Scene (Mar., 1968), pp. 106-122 (17 pages) Sexual deviance was traditionally seen within ...

The old adage, "familiarity breeds contempt," rings eerily true when considering the dangers of normalizing deviance. Coined by sociologist Diane Vaughan, this phenomenon describes the gradual process ...