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Mick Jagger
In 1972, he beat a photographer to the brink of death. The charges were suddenly dropped and nothing further ever came out of the incident.
Matthew Broderick
Killed 2 people in a car accident. He has no recolection of the event and was fined only $175. Many people speculate he was intox
Kobe Bryant
Was accused of sexual assault in 2003 by a 19 year old hotel emplyee. The case never went to trial and was suddenly settled.
Vince Neil from Motley Crue
In 1984, he was driving with a BAC of .17% and killed 2 of his passengers. He spent 3 weeks in jail
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Brandao, S. (2015, April 16). Income Inequality and Crime.
Clinard, M. B. (2015). Sociology og Deviant Behavior . Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Jilani, Z. (2011, October 3). How Unequal We Are: The Top 5 Facts You Should Know About The Wealthiest One Percent Of Americans. Retrieved November 1, 2015, from Thinkprogressive.org: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/03/334156/top-five-wealthiest-one-percent/
Kim, E. (2015, June 12). Mean Girls and Conflict Theory.
Staff, I. (2010). Facts and Figures in 99 to 1. Retrieved November 1, 2015, from Inequality.org: http://inequality.org/99to1/facts-figures/
The Top 1 Percent Of Americans Have Only 5 Percent Of The Nation’s Personal Debt
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/03/334156/top-five-wealthiest-one-percent/
http://inequality.org/99to1/facts-figures/
This unequal distribution of power and wealth goes beyond just money.
What is considered deviant, is not the result of the decision making process, rather the key is being able to define some behavior as deviant is social power.
The “bad” acts of the powerless (like burglary, taking illegal drugs, and driving while intoxicatred) are said to be deviant.
WHEREAS..
The injurious acts of the very wealthy (like the manufacture of defective products that harm or even kill people, taking illegal drugs, and driving while intoxicated) often face minimal sanctions.
Accoring to the conflict theory, social classes are not the only ones fighting for power...
The conflict view stresses the pluralistic nature of society and the differential distribution of power among groups.
According to the conflict theory, men are the equivilant to the capitilist class. That is they are the holders of power who attempt to reamain in power.
In the United States, these gender inqualisties manifiest in the work force, where woman earn on average less than 80% of what men earn.
Aggressive male behavior towards females, such as sexual harrestment or rape, also express unqual power relations.