Chapter 6- Social Control & Deviance

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social deviance

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any transgression of socially established norms

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crime

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violation of laws enacted by society

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social cohesion

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social bonds, how well ppl relate to each other, get along on day to day basis

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mechanical (segmental) solidarity

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social cohesion based on sameness

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organic solidarity

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social cohesion based on difference, interdependence of parts

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social control

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mechanisms that create normative compliance in individuals

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formal social sanctions

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mechanisms of social control by which rules/laws prohibit deviant or criminal behavior

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informal social sanctions

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unexpressed, but widely known rules of group membership

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social integration

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how well you are integrated into social group/community

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social regulation

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number of rules guiding daily life, what you can reasonably expect from world on day to day basis

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strain theory (Merton)

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deviance occurs when society doesn't give all members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals

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conformist

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individual who accepts both goals and strategies to achieve

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ritualist

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individual who rejects socially defined goals in order to live w/i his/her own means

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innovator

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deviant who accepts socially acceptable goals but rejects acceptable means to achieve

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retreatist

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one who rejects both means and goals by completely retreating from society

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rebel

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one who rejects socially acceptable goals and means, want to alter/destroy social institutions from which one is alienated

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labeling theory

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individuals subconsciously notice how other label them
-their reactions to those labels help form self identity

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primary deviance

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first act of rule breaking, may incur label of "deviant

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secondary deviance

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subsequent rule breaking that occur as result of deviant label, ppl's new expectations of you

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stigma

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negative social label that changes behavior toward a person, alters that person's self-identity

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broken windows theory (of deviance)

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explains how social context/cues impact whether individuals act deviantly

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street crime

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crime committed in public, often associated with violence, gangs, poverty

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white collar crime

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offense committed by professional against corporation, other institution

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corporate crime

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type of white collar crime

committed by officers of corp.

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deterrence theory

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philosophy of criminal justice arising from idea that crime results from rational calc of costs/benefits

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recidivism

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individual who has been involved with crime b4 reverts back to criminal behavior