In a cultural community setting, there exist different values, habits, and vices. For example, observing particular holiday events or lifestyle practices might be passed down through generations in a society (Nickerson, 2022). The cultural deviance hypothesis postulates that ideas taught in schools that justify crimes and violence as legitimate responses to societal circumstances are what lead to criminal behavior.
In certain regions of the world, various cultures, such as Islamic Shariah law in Pakistan, permit the relatives of a murder victim to commute the sentence of a killer in the event of an honor killing. The Pakistani community believes that committing an honor killing might restore one’s family’s honor after being “soiled” by the alleged misdeeds of one of its members (Hongdao et al., 2018). This demonstrates how well the rules and regulations that apply to various communities sometimes depend on the geographical setting. Understanding various manifestations of human actions and tendencies in depth requires the use of theoretical approaches. These concepts offer a framework for comprehending human cognition. The theories offer analytical responses to inquiries made in an effort to comprehend the aspects of human behavior in various social, political, economic, and geographical settings.
Animals whose primary source of nutrition is not meat are classified as herbivores. The same holds true when pointing out a group of individuals and discussing almost instantly the traits they all share without taking into account how unique each individual is. Later, the generalizations become stereotypes, implying that every member of a particular cultural group will engage in certain behaviors. This is harmful since it lumps people into categories and spreads narrow viewpoints without taking into account the fact that people always undergo both personal and professional development (Behl, 2021). Misinformation and lack of awareness are the causes of most cultural generalizations.
References
Behl, J. D., & Steverson, L. A. (2021). Criminal Theory Profiles: Inside the Minds of Theorists of Crime and Deviance. Routledge.
Hongdao, Q., Khaskheli, M. B., Rehman Saleem, H. A., Mapa, J. G., & Bibi, S. (2018). Honor killing phenomena in Pakistan. JL Pol’y & Globalization, 73, 169.
Nickerson, C. (2022). Cultural transmission theory of deviance. Cultural transmission theory of deviance – Simply Psychology. Web.