1) What do sociologists mean when they describe deviance as being relative? Provide an example of a deviant behavior and identify how it is relative.

2) What are deviant places, and how are they associated with deviant acts?

3) Sociologists detail the importance of contextual and social patterns for deviant acts such as abuse, murder, and rape. Choose from abuse, murder, and rape, and then detail an important social pattern or variation.

4) Compare and contrast two different types of suicide, providing an example of each.