Although sanctioned by state governments and widely popular across the United States, gambling remains a controversial activity. For example, casino gambling may be legal and popular, but many believe squandering money is harmful and deviant. People from all backgrounds visit casinos. However, older adults comprise a major portion of the gambling clientele. Along with this have come reports of a wide variety of negative outcomes. Yet, few studies have investigated the relationship between gambling and the family. We use a qualitative in-depth interview grounded theory approach with 34 adults aged 62–88 to investigate the relationship between gambling and family consequences. We explore the impact of gambling on the family with the active aging concept as well as the codependency and sociocultural models of addiction. They offer new ways to understand mild to serious deviance among older adults.

Refers to the techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society. Conformity is used by Milgram and it means. When an illegal activity such as prostitution or gambling is regulated by a group it could be said that this activity is dominated by organized crime.

Despite the recent rapid expansion of legal gambling, little is known about gamblers or problem gamblers in the United States. In this article, we seek to extend our understanding of gambling in the United States by reviewing the major theoretical approaches to problem gambling and tracing the development of the major instrument used to measure problem gambling. Using a probability sample of 1,551 Georgia citizens interviewed in 1994, we present a descriptive analysis of demographic and social psychological characteristics of nongamblers, non‐problem gamblers, and problem gamblers in the general population. Although nongamblers were most likely to be older White women with modest education and income, problem gamblers were most likely to be young, non‐White males. Logistic regression is used to identify factors that distinguish between these three groups and to explore the relationship between problem gambling and low self‐esteem as well as the relationship between non‐problem gambling and high self‐esteem. This analysis allows us to examine the possible impact of increased opportunities for legal gambling on U.S. society.

What Causes Deviant Behavior

1. Sep 18, 2008  Despite the recent rapid expansion of legal gambling, little is known about gamblers or problem gamblers in the United States. In this article, we seek to extend our understanding of gambling in the United States by reviewing the major theoretical approaches to problem gambling and tracing the development of the major instrument used to measure problem gambling.
2. Tion, “abortion pills” (RU-486, or Mifeprex), gambling, and “deviant” forms of consensual adult sexual behavior. State legislatures, along with the general public, have recently and it recognizes that laws are social products. The legalistic approach to crime assumes that powerful individuals who are.