deviance


 * Assignment**

Sexual deviance Non-sexual criminal deviance white collar crime Juvenile deviance genius Criminal Justice || ** Each of the groups are responsible for finding/explaining: ** How deviance is defined in relation to that topic Norms and values related to the topic Examples of behavior in US and a different culture Explanations posed by the three major perspectives (functionalists, conflict theorists, and symbolic interactionists) (in)famous Deviants How attitudes have changed in US culture Levels of deviance How society reacts (consequences) || The **criminal justice** group will be looking for information on: it's definition role how it's viewed by the theorists changing approaches levels of sanctions criminal justice in other cultures || =Books = Our Central HS Library Catalog While I have pulled general books on different deviant behaviors, you may focus on a topic I didn't think of (does that mean you are being deviant?). It may be important to find the **subject heading**appropriate and hopefully we have materials to help. We have limited books available at Central, so you may have to make use of the Public and University libraries. You will find links to there catalogs here **just remember to do it early!** Champaign Public Library If you would like to look at something from the library, remember that ordering can take up to 10 days, when they are 6 blocks down the street. Especially if you have a public library card, consider walking over there to look at and check out materials. Urbana Free Library Remember that if you have a Champaign Public library card, it is good to use at the Urbana Free Library as well! You can order from here using your Central HS number (just ask us if you don't have your library card still), University of Illinois You may not know it, but the University Library in our town is the largest **public** research library in North America. If you are an Illinois resident, you may obtain permission to check out books from the collection. While this is exciting, it is a bit daunting. Best to ask Ms. Hatcher or one of your teachers if there is something here that you could use for this project.
 * **Topics for Groups:**

**Databases**
** [|Gale's Student Resource Center] ** provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including reference articles, news, primary sources, and audio clips.

** American National Biography ** Portraits of more than 18,700 men and women--from all eras and walks of life--whose lives have shaped the nation.

** [|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] TRIAL-- USERNAME: centralmc PASSWORD: maroons ** An illustrated collection of more than 57,000 specially written biographies of the men and women from around the world. []

**Websites**
[|National Sexual Violence Resource Center] This is a center for the collection and distribution of statistics, information, and resources about sexual violence. It is aimed at caregivers, policy makers, and crisis centers. [] RAINN "operates America's only national hotline for survivors of sexual assault. Also, It contains information about all types of sexual assult including statistics and state resouces. []
 * Sexual deviance**
 * [|Rape, Abuse, and Insest National Network] **

Easy to read, fact-based narratives about well-known **crime**s and criminals throughout history. Includes **crime** stories and stories about gangsters, outlaws, gunmen, serial killers, terrorists, spies, and assassins. [|http://www.trutv.com/library/**crime**/index.html]
 * Non-sexual criminal deviance **
 * [|The Crime Library]**
 * white collar crime **

The mission of the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) is to provide training, investigative support and research to agencies and entities involved in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime. []
 * [|National White Collar Crime Center] **

The **Teen**s, Crime, and the Community program educates youth on topics that regularly affect you including bullying, conflicts between different people, dating **violence**, property crimes, and a lot more. []
 * [|Juvenile Deviance]**

Mensa, the high IQ society, provides a forum for intellectual exchange among its members. There are members in more than 100 countries around the world. []
 * genius **
 * [|The Mensa Society]**


 * Criminal Justice **
 * [|The Crime Report: Your Complete Criminal Justice Source] **http://www.thecrimereport.org/

**Citing Sources**
If you are asked to cite your sources, here is a funky little free tool called NoodleBib Express. It generates a citation for you if you put in the appropriate inf