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20 Cards in this Set
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Social Control
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the techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society
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Conformity
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going along with peers-individuals of our own status who have no special right to direct our behavior
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Obedience
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compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchal structure
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Informal Social Control
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social control that is carried out casually by ordinary people through such means as laughter, smiles, and ridicules
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Formal Social Control
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social control that is carried out by authorized agents, such as police officers, school administrators, judges, and employers
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Control Theory
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a view of conformity and deviance that suggests our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms
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Deviance
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behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a grow or society
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Crime
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a violation of criminal law for which some governmental authority applies formal penalties
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Index Crimes
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the eight types of crimes reported annually by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Reports:murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson
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Transitional Crime
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crime that occurs across multiple national borders
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Strain Theory Of Deviance
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merton's theory of deviance as an adaptation of socially prescribed goals or at the means governing their attainment, or both
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Social Disorganization Theory
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the theory that attributes increases in crime and deviance to the absence or breakdown of communal relationships and social institutions, such as the family, school, church, and local government
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Stigma
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a label used to devalue members of certain social groups
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Victimization Survery
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a questionnaire or interview given to a sample of the population to determine whether people have been victims of crime
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White-Collar Crime
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illegal acts committed by affluent, "respectable" individuals in the course of business activities
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Victimless Crime
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acts involving the willing exchange among adults of widely desired, but illegal goods and services
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Organized Crime
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the work of a group that regulates relations among criminal enterprises involved in illegal activities, including prostitution, gambling, and the smuggling of drugs
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Cultural Transmission
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a school of criminally that argues criminal behavior is learned through social interactions
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Differential Association
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a theory of deviance that holds violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts
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Labeling theory
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an approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaged in the same behavior are not
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