Punishable deviance is a social construct but it is mainly controlled by the government in charge of punishment. Unless its a government less in control or more lenient on non serious crimes then it will always be a social construct among all societies. It is very difficult to regulate punishable deviance. It all comes down to the beliefs that are shared within the people in power of making those laws. Our punishment/penitentiary system shows us that we are hippo critical of what "health" really means to our citizens, we are also paranoid of our own citizens since we lock up a majority for non violent crimes, and we enjoy creating an everlasting problem since we don't feel the need to rehabilitate those criminals that we put in a really long "time out" and talk to them so they understand what they did wrong and how they're going to do better next time. Sadly the people that are being put in jail are the poorest of the nation too. A lot of their criminal actions are out of desperation since jobs with minimum wage aren't enough to support the minimal existence of life.

I have the same answer to fix the problem-------- Riot haha