Crime

Crime is any act in which law is broken. The law is written by the state. Therefore,
committing a crime does not only violate the norms but also the law. There are
different types of crimes and the punishments are also according to the severity of
the crimes. For example in crimes like murder and rape there is usually capital
punishment or life imprisonment but in crimes like smoking weed and drinking
alcohol there is not much severity in punishment and in some countries these are not
even considered as crime. But murder and rape are considered as severe crimes
globally. The control body for such crimes is police and court.
Deviance
Deviance is an act in which actions of an individual or individuals violate the
established norms, traditions, code or moral values. These norms are often made by
the culture, religion and there is no formal punishment for this type of deviant or
non-conformist behaviour. One who commits this act is only looked down by the
society and the behaviour of the society towards such person will be rude and
different as would be in normal circumstances.
Deviant act in my culture
There are certain issues that are concerned with violating the prevailed norms and
customs of the society but I will write about the social deviance that is concerned
with the religious beliefs of the people.
Women participation in public matters and in such spheres where they have to
interact with men such as in sports, air hostess, acting and others. These are
considered as stigmas because people are very sensitive regarding the dress and the
physical appearance of the women both religiously and culturally.
Why it is considered as deviant act?
It is very difficult for a woman to convince her family to allow her to work outside the
home especially in acting and where she has to interact with men.
Following are some of the causes that why people consider this immoral

 It is considered immoral because people think that mingling causes certain

issues which are prohibited by our religion and society.
 Burqah culture is followed by the society and who don’t practice burqah are
criticized by the Islamic Scholars.
 In our culture religion is very dominant and lives of the people are according
to it. As we see in film industry and showbiz, the dressing of the women reveal
their bodies in most of the cases. They wear no duppata or head scarf. These
immoral acts are prohibited in our religion but not by the law.
  Most of the people in my society are in favour of the Hudood ordinance
although it lost it practical implementation now a days.
 The religious programming of the society does not let women to work in such
spheres as discussed.
 People consider these type of women shameless and flagrant and this caused
issues for their family members.
 People think such women modern and modernization is viewed as
westernization in our culture.
 Liberal and secular attitude is discredited and most people take them as non-
muslims.
Informal Punishment
 People behaviour towards such women is discourteous and impolite.
 They are considered as stigma which causes certain psychological problems
for them.
 Women faced invincible problems and become separated from their family in
some cases.
 Transgression of the prevailed norms is provoked and annoyed by the society.
 Their family men are considered as cowards; people say they don’t have
control over their women.
 The children of such so called personalities face humiliation and bad remarks
from their fellows.
 Religious scholars considered such women as dominant factor of evil and
wickedness in the society.