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20 Cards in this Set
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behavior that violates social norm
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deviance
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mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society
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stigma
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views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society
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strain theory
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the situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer acceptable
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anomie
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the social scientists who study criminal behavior
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ciminologists
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explains deviance as a natural occurence
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control theory
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explains deviance as a learned behavior
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cultural transmission theory
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refers to the frequency and closenessof associations a person has with deviant and nondeviant individuals
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differential association
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suspend moral beliefs to commit deviant acts
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techniques of neutralization
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focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant
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labeling theory
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nonconformity that goes undetected by those in authority
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primary deviance
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results in the individual being labeled as deviant and accepting the label as true
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secondary deviance
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process of labeling an individual as deviant
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degradation ceremony
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any act that is labeled as such those in authority, is prohibited by law, and is punishable by government
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crime
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a large-scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice or business through violence or threat of violence
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crime syndicate
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power to decide who is arrested
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police discretion
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practice of assuming the nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit crime than white Americans
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racial profiling
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revenge
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retribution
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consequence of crime
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deterrance
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change person
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rehabilitation
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