How a positivist approach may help us understand and explain poverty as a form of deviance; how a constructionist approach may help us understand and explain poverty as a form of deviance; the degree to which poverty may be considered societal and or situational deviance

explain whether or not poverty is a form of deviance; and whether "poor" and "poverty" are terms that are too broad to draw meaningful conclusions (and if they are too broad, is there a narrower definition or subtypes that are more appropriate?

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1 Positivist Approach to Understanding Poverty as Deviance A positivist approach tends to focus on objective measurable aspects of social phenomena In understanding poverty as a form of deviance a pos... View the full answer