How does the context in which deviance takes place affect whether a behavior is defined as deviant? Are there people you would openly discuss cheating with but other you would not? What is different about these groups

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  1. How does the context in which deviance takes place affect whether a behavior is defined as deviant? Are there people you would openly discuss cheating with but other you would not? What is different about these groups
  2. How might these techniques of neutralization be used by someone who steals office supplies, time or other things of value from his or her place of work?
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Sociology places any event in a historically context in order to attain a more holistic understanding. Circumstances and context are crucial concepts in social science, without which holistic and absolute understanding is not possible. The belif that "text without context" stands clear and necessary in most social science research.

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