Based on your personal experience or people you know, give an example of a behavior considered criminal in everyday life but encouraged in a particular group's setting.

Using symbolic interactionism, explain the behavior and the discrepancy of norms in different settings.

Verbal abuse - While most parents do not spank their children, citing that it is abusive, they do in fact verbally abuse their children. Majority of people know what is physical abuse, but not many know about verbal abuse. Many people cannot differentiate between verbal abuse and shouting. Verbal abuse is among other types of abuse such as economic abuse less talked about.