Sociology 2 Causes of deviant behaviors Social Sciences Essay

Causes of deviant behaviors
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Causes of deviant behaviors
Deviance refers to a person’s self-conduct practices that are contrary from society’s norm. Deviant behaviors are classified into formal and informal. Informal deviant behaviors are offensive and they violate normality procedures, understanding and expectations of the social system. ‘Reefer Madness’ highlights abuse of Marijuana as the main cause of deviant behavior among the characters. The unmarried couple developed the ability to stretch their sales by introducing young student into their business thus promoting deviance in the society. Lack of religious morality and education facilitated development of deviance because the students in Reefer Madness film fails to accept that abuse of marijuana caused deviance which led to death of a civilian by furthe...