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In The Nineties The World Has Been Faced With Many Different Crimes And Social Deviences

In the nineties the world and society has been faced with many different crimes and
social deviancies, most of which have been as a result of rebellion and a form of
expression. Whether it is to force a change or to create something new deviance is at a
strong high. At the dawn of a new millenium some of society feel the need to express
themselves in proscriptive norms and leave our mark on the world.
The words deviance and crime are two words often mistaken for each other.
Crime is a unlawful activity while deviance is a behavior that is different from that of the
accepted social or moral standards. Deviance most of the time is the gateway to crime.
A strong example of this would be the recent exploits at the Woodstock 99 music festival.
In the September 2nd issue of Rolling Stone magazine the author Kurt Loder writes about
the transgression that takes place when the music festival turns sour. He writes about how
amid the music and peaceful motto of the festival some individuals feel the need to be
malicious and irregular. He goes on to tell that when the band Limp Bizkit performed the
song Break Stuff the violence took place. There was an unending blizzard of empty
plastic water bottles sailing through the air and bouncing off skulls further down front,
across the field people were ripping up the plywood barriers...and launching big, splintery
crowd-surfing boards atop a sea of upsteached hands...The bonfires roaring out of control,
the looting, the explosions, the whole stupid riot. Festival security, such as it was,
collapsed in the face of this sudden war-zone situation. There was also accounts of
different and unusual sexual activities. Kurts interpretation was like most others. This day
that was supposed to be a social gathering in a peaceful atmosphere turned into a battle
field of abnormal demeanor and a place abundant in deviant behavior.
The events that took place are a perfect example of crime and deviance. The
actions that were performed were both unlawful and abnormal. The conflict perspective of
sociology states that groups in society are engaged in a continuous power struggle for
control or resources. The Woodstock events can share a similarity with this perspective.
The riots and turmoil were due in part to unsanitary conditions and high prices on
necessary items. The bathrooms at the festival were left uncleaned, the sleeping conditions
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