Deviance described in Chamlbiss's article and LaBeff, Clark, Haines, and Diekhoff's article on situational ethics describes how neutralization, primary and secondary deviance and labeling theory perpetuate and lessen the effect of deviance.

... Alex Petisi 10/27/2003 Sociology Deviance described in Chamlbiss's article and LaBeff, Clark, Haines, and Diekhoff's article on situational ethics describes how neutralization, primary and secondary deviance and labeling theory perpetuate and lessen the effect of deviance. In Chamlbiss's article, The Saints and the Roughnecks, he describes how two gangs participate in deviant behavior through high school. Yet due to their socio-economic level, labeling theory and secondary deviance one group is considered much less of a deviant threat then the other. LaBeff, Clark, Haines and Diekhoff's article, Situation Ethics and College Student Cheating, demonstrates how individuals who use certain neutralization techniques actually believe that their deviance is not harmful and at time expectable. In Chambliss' study the Roughnecks and the Saints are two separate groups within the community. Both groups regularly partake in deviant behavior. Specifically, the Saints skipped school, drank alcohol, drove recklessly and drunk, and were know to vandalize on occasion. Similarly,

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