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How do deviants serve a scapegoating function?


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Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability.

Public Accommodations

Facilities and establishments that provide goods or services to the general public, which are required by law in many jurisdictions to be accessible and non-discriminatory.

Eighth Amendment

Part of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment.

Executions

The act of carrying out a death sentence against a condemned person by the state as a punishment for a crime.

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