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Deviant Behavior and Criminal Behavior

Criminologists differentiate deviant behavior and criminal behavior in the following ways: 1) Deviant behavior violates social norms and standards, while criminal behavior violates formal criminal law. 2) Deviant behavior may or may not be criminal, whereas criminal behavior is always a punishable offense. 3) Examples of deviant behavior include underage marriage, prostitution, and public nudity, while examples of criminal behavior include murder and robbery. Deviant behavior is not necessarily punishable by law, whereas criminal behavior is defined and punishable under criminal law. The definitions of what constitutes deviant behavior can also differ between societies more than what is considered a crime.

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Deviant Behavior and Criminal Behavior

Criminologists differentiate deviant behavior and criminal behavior in the following ways: 1) Deviant behavior violates social norms and standards, while criminal behavior violates formal criminal law. 2) Deviant behavior may or may not be criminal, whereas criminal behavior is always a punishable offense. 3) Examples of deviant behavior include underage marriage, prostitution, and public nudity, while examples of criminal behavior include murder and robbery. Deviant behavior is not necessarily punishable by law, whereas criminal behavior is defined and punishable under criminal law. The definitions of what constitutes deviant behavior can also differ between societies more than what is considered a crime.

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1.) What is the distinction between deviant behavior and criminal behavior?

- The difference between deviant and crime is that Deviant is a behavior that violates the
rules of society, and crime is a form of deviance that violates formal criminal law. Crime
is defined as illegal or immoral activity.

2.) Explain Crime patterns and its relation in understanding criminal statistics?

- Crime pattern theory claims that a crime involving an offender and a victim or target can only
occur when the activity spaces of both cross paths. Simply put crime will occur if an area
provides the opportunity for crime and it exists within an offender's awareness space. The theory
is particularly important in developing an understanding of crime and place, as it combines
rational choice and routine activities theory to help explain the distribution of crime across
places. Crime statistics. Detailed information that pinpoints the types and locations of the crime
problems of a jurisdiction or organization is the key to the design of a prevention
program. Crime pattern theory explores the interactions of offenders with their physical and
social environments that influence offenders’ choices of targets.

3.) Who are considered criminals?


- A criminal is someone who breaks the law. If you're a murderer, thief, or tax cheat, you're a
criminal. When you think of criminals, your first thought might be of someone awful like a
murderer. But this word is a lot broader — Anyone who breaks the law is technically a criminal,
even if the crime is just not paying a speeding ticket. You can also talk about criminal activities:
things that are illegal. Lots of TV shows are about police officers and lawyers trying to catch
criminals who are engaged in all kinds of exciting criminal activity.

4.) Explain crime in your own words?


- Violations of criminal laws. We have criminal statutes, and civil statutes. Violations of criminal
laws are by definition “crimes”, and normally punishable by either fines, jail or prison time, or
both.

5.) Discuss how criminologist differentiate deviant behavior from criminal behavior?

- For a criminologist, crime is a process of violating the laws of society as enforced by the
government, while deviance from the process of violating social norms and standards. The
difference between deviance and crime? Deviance is behavior that violates the rules of society,
and crime is a form of deviance that violates formal criminal law. Criminology is the study of
crime from a scientific point of view. Crime is defined as illegal or immoral activity. When a
person steals something or commits murder, it is an example of a crime. Polluting water, even if
it is not illegal, is an example of a crime. Crime against nature.

The difference between Deviant and a crime is below:

· Violation of social norms and standards - (Deviant)


· Violation of Governmental Criminals Law - (Crime)
· Can be criminal or not criminal - (Deviant)
· Always punishable criminal offenses - (Crime)
· Examples include marriage under Age, Prostitution, and walking naked in the street. - (Deviant)
· Examples include murder and robbery. - (Crime)
· Deviance not punishable by law - (Deviant)
· Punishable by law - (Crime)
· Deviance rules not written - (Deviant)
· Criminal law well documented - (Crime)
· Not severe - (Deviant)
· Can be severe - (Crime)
· Different from one society to another - (Deviant)
· It is often the same between societies but there is a big difference in fines - (Crime)

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