part 1 (8-10 sentences)
The view that religion, as a source of moral guidance and social support, can function to prevent or protect individuals, especially children, and adolescents, from a range of deviant and delinquent behaviors is largely (but not completely) born out in sociocultural scholarship. In nations with strong religious identities such as the USA, there is a normative expectation that adolescents who identify with a religion are less likely to engage in deviant behavior than those who claim no religion.
Given these recent statistics:
- What do you think might happen to levels of deviance in society if religions did not exist? Why?
Part 2 (300-400 words)
- Have you ever done anything considered deviant by society?
- Were you caught? If so, what were the consequences?
- How did your deviance affect those closest to you?
- What lesson did you learn from your deviant act?
- Keeping in mind that you would never get caught, describe – either from a real-life situation or one you make up (indicate if so) – an act of deviance that would be totally out of control and over the top!!!
- What would the deviant scenario consist of?
- How would you plan it out?
- Would you do it alone, or involve others? If so, who? and why?
- If you were to confide in an authority figure about the essence of your master plan, how would you justify it?
- Typed in Times New Roman in a 12pt font
- double-spaced
- numbered pages
- a creative title (use your imagination and create a cool title)
- use of literature and citations if applicable