Target Competency: Analyze how crime, deviance and violence are social constructed. Choose two films ( 2-films ) made during different historical periods in the United States in order to compare and contrast the extent and type of deviance and violence depicted. Choose films that are at least 2-decades apart (20-years difference). In a summary analysis, at least 600-words (you may write more), present your findings and provide an explanation using: 1) Compare or contrast the extent and type of deviance and violence between the two movies; 2) Select one (or more) of the three – theoretical perspectives * Conflict theory * Functional theory * Symbolic Interaction theory ….describe / provide a rational with how the theory that you selected depicts the extent and type of deviance and violence in your two films.
