Social Causes of Deviance
Nabeel has an unsettled childhood and became a disturbed young boy (18 years old). He had allegedly
been ***ually abused from an early age and was seeing a psychiatrist and taking the medication at the
time of his arrest. Nabeel was depressed, had begun to self harm and has periodic suicidal thoughts.
On 30 November, 2011, he was voluntarily taken into the care of social services and placed in a young
hostel. Six days later, he went out with a group of young boys and was found involved in a series of
mobile phone robbery. He was subsequently arrested and charged with robbery. Both victims and
other witnessed accepted that Nabeel’s involvement in the incident was peripheral; there was no
suggestion that he had used or threatened violence. As the robbery trial date draw near, Nabeel became
more depressed and agitated. Two week before his court appearance he smashed his face with a knife
more than 30 times. The Justice sentenced Nabeel a two years detention and training order with an
appeal to authorities to draw their attention on such cases.
During his short time in sentence he was kept in a virtual seclusion and was not offered any
meaningful activity. A lack of close observation and unsafe conditions in cell meant that he was able
to hang himself from a sheet tied to the bars of his windows. He was just nine days into his prison
sentence……………..
In the light of given scenario, answer the following questions:
1. Do you think that Nabeel was a criminal? If yes, why? 3
2. Whether the criminal activity was related to gender, race or age? Justify your answer. 3
3. Under which school of thought (Sociological, Psychological, and Biological) you would explain
Nabeel’s case? 7
4. How do you see the discriminatory behavior of law enforcement and social services agencies?
What should be an appropriate behavior to deal with such cases? Evaluate the role of Social
institutions in this regard. 7
Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before preparing the assignment solution:
• You are supposed to read the case study meticulously before attempting the questions.
• No definition or theoretical explanation (copy paste) is required. Your answers must be based on
logics.
• Bookish answer and statements quoted from case study will be strictly discouraged and marked zero.
Outcome of this activity:
This case study will help the students to enhance their practical knowledge and to understand the
impact of various Social and Psychological circumstances on an individual’s life.
Note:
Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is
usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students
on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above
mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.
Important Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution.
Deadline:
• Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment
will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the
instructor.
Formatting guidelines:
• Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.
• It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.
• Use black and blue font colors only.
Solution guidelines:
• Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical
assignment.
• Give the answer according to question.
• For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the
video lectures and use other reference books also.
Rules for Marking
Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:
• It has been submitted after due date
• The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt
• It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)
It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc
Nabeel has an unsettled childhood and became a disturbed young boy (18 years old). He had allegedly
been ***ually abused from an early age and was seeing a psychiatrist and taking the medication at the
time of his arrest. Nabeel was depressed, had begun to self harm and has periodic suicidal thoughts.
On 30 November, 2011, he was voluntarily taken into the care of social services and placed in a young
hostel. Six days later, he went out with a group of young boys and was found involved in a series of
mobile phone robbery. He was subsequently arrested and charged with robbery. Both victims and
other witnessed accepted that Nabeel’s involvement in the incident was peripheral; there was no
suggestion that he had used or threatened violence. As the robbery trial date draw near, Nabeel became
more depressed and agitated. Two week before his court appearance he smashed his face with a knife
more than 30 times. The Justice sentenced Nabeel a two years detention and training order with an
appeal to authorities to draw their attention on such cases.
During his short time in sentence he was kept in a virtual seclusion and was not offered any
meaningful activity. A lack of close observation and unsafe conditions in cell meant that he was able
to hang himself from a sheet tied to the bars of his windows. He was just nine days into his prison
sentence……………..
In the light of given scenario, answer the following questions:
1. Do you think that Nabeel was a criminal? If yes, why? 3
2. Whether the criminal activity was related to gender, race or age? Justify your answer. 3
3. Under which school of thought (Sociological, Psychological, and Biological) you would explain
Nabeel’s case? 7
4. How do you see the discriminatory behavior of law enforcement and social services agencies?
What should be an appropriate behavior to deal with such cases? Evaluate the role of Social
institutions in this regard. 7
Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before preparing the assignment solution:
• You are supposed to read the case study meticulously before attempting the questions.
• No definition or theoretical explanation (copy paste) is required. Your answers must be based on
logics.
• Bookish answer and statements quoted from case study will be strictly discouraged and marked zero.
Outcome of this activity:
This case study will help the students to enhance their practical knowledge and to understand the
impact of various Social and Psychological circumstances on an individual’s life.
Note:
Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is
usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students
on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above
mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience.
Important Instructions:
Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution.
Deadline:
• Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment
will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the
instructor.
Formatting guidelines:
• Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.
• It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.
• Use black and blue font colors only.
Solution guidelines:
• Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical
assignment.
• Give the answer according to question.
• For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the
video lectures and use other reference books also.
Rules for Marking
Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:
• It has been submitted after due date
• The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt
• It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)
It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc
