Significant role in the consequences for the defendant

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Research one criminal case within the last three years in which authorities found the defendant to be engaging in deviant behavior. As you research this case, investigate the manner in which social controls may have helped or hurt the defendant.

1. Determine whether or not you believe social controls played a significant role in the consequences for the defendant. Provide a rationale to support your position.

2. Debate whether you believe that the social norms for persons of the defendant's age support the use of this behavior. Next, support or criticize whether the social norms of persons the defendant's age are reasonable in a very "politically correct" society. Provide support for your response.

3. Argue for or against the theory that an "informal sanction" (i.e., ostracism by peers) would have deterred the defendant's behavior. Next, specify whether or not the "informal sanctions" would have satisfied anyone who was offended by the behavior of the defendant. Provide a rationale to support your response.

4. Identify formal sanctions brought against the defendant for the behavior. Considering the sanction, elaborate on the primary manner in which this formal sanction carried out the purpose of protecting persons connected to the defendant. Justify your response.

5. Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar types of websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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