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Dangerous Driving and The Effects on Youth


In today's society, dangerous driving is criminal and is also considered
to be deviant. There are different levels of dangerous driving, all of which
have different meaning to different people, some are considered part of the
social norm and others are considered to be deviant. Speeding for example is
considered to be a norm of society. Everyone speeds and this is not considered
a problem which needs societies immediate attention, however there is a line
which changes speeding from being a criminal offense to a deviant offense. The
following analysis will provide a descriptive summary of the functionalist
perspective, the social control theory and the power control theory.
These theories have been applied to a news story in which two young
teens from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Renee and Danielle Orichefsky, were killed in
a dangerous driving accident. The driver was Ralph Parker, a twenty year old
man from Halifax who lost control......

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