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9 pages in length. Academic dishonesty, like all other forms of deviance, has important sociological dimensions. It is interesting to ask, therefore, how adequately the major sociological explanations of deviant behavior explain the occurrence of academically dishonest conduct. When the student discusses this perspective, it will be important to address such theories as strain theory, opportunity theory, differential association theory and labeling theory, all of which provide some type of motivation for this behavior. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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theory, opportunity theory, differential association theory and labeling theory, all of which provide some type of motivation for this behavior. Bibliography lists 11 sources. TLCAcDis.rtf
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY by (c) March 2002 paper properly! I. INTRODUCTION
Academic dishonesty, like all other forms of deviance, has important sociological dimensions. It is interesting to ask, therefore, how adequately the major sociological explanations of deviant behavior explain
the occurrence of academically dishonest conduct. When the student discusses this particular perspective, it will be important to address such theories as strain theory, opportunity theory, differential association theory
and labeling theory, all of which provide some type of underlying motivation for this behavior. II. UNDERSTANDING DEVIANCE It can readily be
argued that each and every person represents one subculture or another - that is to say that while the masses as a whole represent the culture, the individuals who make
up that culture in turn represent the subcultures. In this light of understanding, one can then surmise that everyone - at one time or another - displays deviant behavior.
Human nature is defined by myriad elements, not the least of which is the social need to categorize people into distinct groupings based upon certain criteria. These innate
classifications can represent significant social power, as in the case of beauty, wealth and status, or they can symbolize aspects of society that people would just as soon forget.
To stray from the norm is to deviate from socially acceptable behavior; when one is deviant, he goes against the very essence of what society has deemed acceptable. One
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