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Choose any group that most people would consider deviant. Search the internet for any sites related to the group. At least a few of the sites should be ones created by members of the deviant group. What did you find? How do you think the Internet might be changing what is defined as deviant, and how members of groups considered deviant might think about themselves?

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Search for white-collar crime on the Internet. Then search for crime in general. For which types of crimes did you find the most information? What reasons do you think can explain these differences in coverage? What theoretical perspective best fits an analysis of white-collar crime? Why?

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Date rape is a regular occurrence on Canadian university campuses. What are the factors that contribute to this behaviour and how might campuses effectively address the problem?

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Observe the dress of students in each of your classes. How similarly or differently are people dressed? Are people from the same age group dressed similarly? How does students' dress reflect the degree of conformity or diversity in your college's or university's culture?

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