SOC Deviance and Social Control

Reaction papers 

For each module from three to seven, students will write a 1-page reaction paper linking one of the following articles to the course content: 

Davis, Kingsley. 1937. “The Sociology of Prostitution.” American Sociological Review 2:744-55.

Merton, Robert K. 1938. “Social Structure and Anomie.” American Sociological Review 3: 672-82.

Hirschi, Travis. 1969. “A Control Theory of Delinquency.” Pp. 16-26 in Causes of Delinquency by Travis Hirschi. Transaction Publishers.

Irwin, Katherine. 2001. “Legitimating the First Tattoo: Moral Passage through Informal Interaction.” Symbolic Interaction 24(1):49-73.

Cromwell, Paul, and Quint Thurman. 2003. “The Devil Made Me Do It: Use of Neutralization by Shoplifters.” Deviant Behavior 24(6):535-51.

Marvasti, Amir. 2005. “Being Middle Eastern American: Identity Negotiation in the Context of the War on Terror.” Symbolic Interaction 28(4):525-547.

Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. 1997. “The Social Organization of Street Gang Activity in an Urban Ghetto.” American Journal of Sociology 103(1):82-112.

Pitts, Marian K., Anthony M.A. Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Mary O'Brien, and Sebastian Misson. 2004. “Who Pays for Sex and Why? An Analysis of Social and Motivational Factors Associated with Male Clients of Sex Workers.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 33(4) 353-358.

DeMello, Margo. 1995. “Not Just for Bikers Anymore”: Popular Representations of American Tattooing.” Journal of Popular Culture 29(3):37-52.

The following distribution will be used in assigning grades (decimal points will be rounded to the nearest whole  

I need 4 different  pages (4) total