Deviant Behavior Being Accepted or Rejected
Assessment Description
Choose a deviant behavior to research. Locate references (e.g., current news stories, pop culture, and reality TV shows) that convey deviant behavior being accepted or rejected/scorned.
Write an essay of 500-750 words, summarizing your findings. Include the following:
What was the deviant behavior?
What were the demographics of the group that witnessed the behavior?
How did the group react to the behavior?
Did the group attempt to control this deviant behavior? How?
Use the GCU Library to locate one to two academic sources to support your content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Also, on May 25, 2022, a teenage gunman, Salvador Ramos, left his vehicle and opened gunfire at Robb Elementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas ( Aljazeera,2022). It was meant to be a typical day with kids in school, but the residents and US at large received the shocking news. People were angered and shaken President Biden ordered the flags to be at half mask to mourn the victims. The police responded, and the perpetrator was shot to death. It was unforeseen, and people in the US and the world sympathized with the school and the parents. Thus mass shootings in Texas are common, and Texan politicians are working hard to find a solution. Anyone in Texas is allowed to own a firearm regardless of age.
Thus deviant behavior is any behavior contradicting dominant societal norms and triggers negative reactions. (ThoughtCo, 2019). Murder has always been condemned in society and biblically. The killing of innocent kids evoked emotions of anger, fear, hatred,...