Deviance Amplification Theory argues that when society labels certain behaviors as "criminal" or "deviant," it intensifies the very behavior it seeks to punish. The more a person is labeled, the more ...

The couple’s horrific crimes have been laid bare during sentencing in the Supreme Court, with Justice Tamara Jago explaining the man – now 70 and wheelchair-bound – could die in prison. The man raped ...

Two Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who were tasked with protecting the United States from terrorist attacks have been fired over their 'deviant' porn habits. An internal investigation ...

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul said calling PAS a party of a deviant sect does not benefit anyone and only causes enmity. (Bernama pic) Dewan Rakyat Speaker Johari Abdul has banned MPs from ...

A man who was convicted of a string of sex offences including the rape of a nine-year-old girl has been handed a 13 year sentence. A judge said Jason Harkness indicated he had a "deviant sexual ...

A Co Tyrone man convicted of multiple offences including raping a nine-year old child has been handed a 13-year sentence. As he imposed the sentence upon Jason Harkness, Judge Brian Sherrard told him ...

Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a directive ordering authorities across Afghanistan to identify and remove “deviant” books from bookstores, school libraries, ...

Police are investigating a motivational programme, known as eHATI, which allegedly featured elements and practices deviating from Islamic teachings. Shah Alam district police chief Iqbal Ibrahim said ...

The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) will investigate a motivational programme, known as eHATI, which allegedly featured elements and practices deviating from Islamic teachings. In a statement ...

District Court Judge Michael Burnett was scathing in his assessment of Michael Anthony Holbeck as a “sexual deviant who can’t control his behaviours” after being told of his criminal history for ...

A Winnipeg mother who pushed her young children into sex acts with each other, their stepfather and herself by making false claims strangers would harm them if they didn’t comply has been sentenced to ...