David Ward, Timothy J. Carter dan Robin D. Perrin (1994) adalah para peneliti yang menjabarkan konsep penyimpangan sosial dan juga kejahatan pada aspek interaksi sosial serta konsepsi subjektivis dan objektivis. Konsep Ward et.al di aplikasikan untuk mengkaji kasus unjuk rasa kenaikan harga Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM) dan kekerasan kolektif yang melibatkan sekelompok mahasiswa dengan pihak kepolisian dan berdampak korban luka serta kerusakan property pada tanggal 29 Maret 2012 di jalan Diponegoro, Salemba, Jakarta. Kesimpulan dalam penulisan ini, peristiwa kasus unjuk rasa dan kekerasan kolektif itu dapat dikatakan sebagai kejahatan sekaligus penyimpangan (crime is deviance) dengan melihat unsur-unsur serta aspek dalam pemahaman Ward et.al tentang penyimpangan dan kejahatan yaitu Pelaku (actor) dan Tindakan (acts), norma dan reaksi.

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David Ward, Timothy J. Carter and Robin D. Perrin (1994) are researchers who describe the concept of social deviance and crime in social interaction and conception of subjectivist and objectivist aspects. Ward et. al concept is applied to discourse a demonstration against the raise of fuel and collective violence which involved a group of university student and police officers resulting several wounded victims and damage of property on March 29 2012 at Jalan Diponegoro, Salemba, Jakarta.

This writing concludes that the occurrence of demonstration and collective violence can be categorized as crime, as well as deviance (crime is deviance) by examining the elements and aspects according to the understanding of Ward et. al about deviance and crime which includes Actor, Acts, Norm, and Reaction.