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Answer all the following questions (Do not use any quotes or borrowed wording!) Most of the concepts are in the book. But, you may be asked to discuss concepts that are not. Feel free to use whatever sources you need! Please make sure you write in complete sentences, and your answers are written clearly enough to be understood. If you do not understand the question, consult your instructor or discuss it with a peer. If you do not understand one of the concepts, discuss what is unclear to you. (Feel free to include any questions!)

1. What is deviance? What does it mean that it is contextual?
2. Discuss how each theory--structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory--would view deviance?
3. Overview the main ideas from the following theories on deviance: Merton, Durkheim, social disorganization theory, cultural deviance theory.
4. How would Marx see deviance? What about C. Wright Mills? How does social class intersect with deviance?
5. Review the main ideas from the following theories on deviance: labeling theory, differential association, and control theory.
6. What are the different types of crime? How does the public perception of crime differ from the reality of it?
7. What is social control? Compare and contrast the various mechanisms of both formal and informal social control.
8. What is the most interesting thing you read in this module?