... (how the parts of a society fit together to make a whole) and function (how each part contributes to a society). Cultural studies focus on norms, values, culture, and language of a society. Sociologist, Howard Becker, focuses on the cultural approach to sociology with deviance. Deviance is in "the eye of the beholder" (Cullum-Swan, 2000), and how society reacts to it. "It is not the ... act itself, but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant" (Becker, 1966), also "what is deviant to some is not deviant to others" (Cullum-Swan, 2000). This approach tends to focus more of th...

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... , were they see it as positive. Whereas juvenile that arent around people that consume or use drugs are less likely to be a user and view drug use as a negative effect. Howard Becker, Goode and Denise Kandel all came to this conclusion that kids that hang out with other kids that use drugs are more likely to use and sell drugs. One of ... ...

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