Outline and critically discuss the way in which your studies have developed your understanding of the inner relationship between deviance and social control

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Outline and critically discuss the way in which your studies have developed your understanding of the inner relationship between deviance and social control

The concepts 'Social Control' and 'Deviance' have more than one definition to me, my understanding of these terms are that they try to group, control and define different kinds of anti social behaviour. In this essay I will be reflecting on how certain topics have deviant labels attached to them as a result of social control. I will be explaining my initial understanding and views of these topics, going on to explain how they may have been changed, challenged or reinforced after attending lectures and using the sources available to me to expand my knowledge. Also, I will be using evidence from texts I have read to support these views and considering how these contribute to the inner-relationship between 'deviance' and social control. The key topics I will be demonstrating this with are Teenage Mothers, Eugenics, Deviant Bodies and The Cultural Degeneration of Travellers. These topics highlight key areas in which deviant labels are attached to groups of people by social control and how society has tried to control people's views in order to separate class and