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12 Cards in this Set
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Labeling Theory |
Deviance and conformity result from how others respond to what people do |
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Differential Association |
Being exposed to attitudes supporting criminal acts leads to rule violation |
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Routine Activities Theory |
To have crime, you must first have motivated offenders and suitable targets |
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Control Theory |
Social control depends on imagining consequences |
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Social Disorganization Theory |
Increase in crime is attributed to breakdown of communal relationships and social institutions |
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Merton's Strain Theory |
Societal pressure to attain unattainable goals leads to "strain" and eventually, crime |
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White Collar Crime |
Committed by people of high social position in course of their jobs |
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Crimes against Person |
Direct violence against others |
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Deterrence (Reason to Punish) |
Attempt to discourage criminality through punishment |
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Societal Protection (Reason to Punish) |
Rendering an offender incapable of further offenses |
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Rehabilitation (Reason to Punish) |
Reforming an offender |
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Retribution (Reason to Punish) |
Moral vengeance where society subjects offender to same kind of suffering they caused
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