... people who suffer from physical disabilities are considered deviant, since their disability is thought to be the result of their behaviour in a previous existence and they are viewed as reaping their rewards or penalties from a previous. Criminal behaviour is one form of deviant behaviour, which is awarded great interest in societies in the past and present. Like deviant behaviour it goes against the norm of a particular society but it differs from deviant behaviour in that there are legal sanctions against it. While people who deviate from social norms may be subjected to social sanctions against them, in the case of criminal behaviour the deviants may be subjected to formal sanctions such as imprisonment or even the death penalty. In Pakistan for example, women can be imprisoned or given the death penalty for refusing to conform to cruelty from their husbands or failing to accept the husbands chosen for ...

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