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26 Cards in this Set
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Deviance
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behavior that violates social norms
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stigma
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mark of social disgrace that separtates the deviant from society
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criminologists
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social scientists who study criminal behavior
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strain theory
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views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society
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anomie
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situation that arise when the norms of socitey are unapplicable
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control theory
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explains deviance as a natural occurance
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cultural transmission theory
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deviance is a learned behavior
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differential association
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some pple. show strong commitment to society's norms yet still engage in deviance
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tehniques of neutralization
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pple. suspend their moral beliefs to commit deviant acts
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lableing theory
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focuses on how pple. are come to be identified as deviant
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noncomforimity that goes udetected by authority
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primary deviance
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secondary deviance
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results in the person being labled as deviant and accepting it to be true
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degradation ceremony
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in public setting, person is denounced, found guilty, and given identity of dieviant
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crime
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any act that is prohibited and punishable by gov't
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white collar crime
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offenses commited by high class pple. in course of their professional career
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crime syndicate
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large-scale organization of professial criminals that control a business through violence
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these lead to deviance according to conflict perspective
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compettion and social inequaltiy
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conflict theorist
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Richard Quinney
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conflict theorists argue what?
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less fortuante pple. commit deviant acts to challenge higher class
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social functions theorist
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Emile Durkheim
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social functions are classified by these
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clarifying norms
unifying the group diffusing tension-hitting promoting social change prividing jobs |
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criminal justice system
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deals with criminals and prison
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police discretion
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police have power to decide who gets arrested
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plea bargaining
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process of legal negotiation that allows accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in terms for a lighter sentence
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corrections
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sancitons used to punish
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recidivsion
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repeated criminal behavior
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