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30 Cards in this Set
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Behavior that violates significant social norms
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Deviance
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makr of socal disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society
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Stigma
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Who invented the Functionalist Perspective?
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Robert K. Merton
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Who observed Social Functions?
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émile Durkheim
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The social scientists who study criminal behavior
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criminologists
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theory of deviant behavior that views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values,norms, and structure of society
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strain theory
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situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable.
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Anomie
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theory of deviant behavior in which deviance is seen as a natural occurance and conformity is seen as the result of social control
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control theory
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theory that explains deviance as a learned behavior
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cultural tranmission theory
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proportional of association a person has with deviant versus non-deviant individuals
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differential association
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suspending moral beliefs to commit deviant acts
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techniques of neutralization
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theory that focuses on how individuals come to be labeled as deviant
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labeling theory
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nonconformity acts that goes undetected by those in authority
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primary deviance
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the individual being labeled as deviant and accepting the label as this
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secondary deviance
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Once you label someone deviant they will act deviant and continue to act deviant
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true
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process of labeling an individual as devian
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degration ceremony
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What is an example of the conflict theory?
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a homeless person begging for money
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When accused of a deviant act, what do many say/do?
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-deny responsibility
-say the act was an accident -lack of parent supervision -accept responsibility, no harm -"he had it coming" -blame authorities -"to protect my family" |
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Who is most likely to get arrested?
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Men
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What ration of men are arrested
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2/3 white men
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1/2 arrests are what?
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under the age of 25
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Why are crime rates higher than what is published?
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-not all crimes are reported
-only serious crimes put in -less likely to report friends/family -domestice violence=most dangerous -mostly report high-class citizens |
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Majority of people don't go to jail, what happens to them?
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pay fine or probabtion
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Since 1990s, is crime increasing of decreasing?
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decreasing
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What happens when most people get out of jail?
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most commit another crime, and 41% go back to jail
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Murder, forcible rape, robbery and assult include the smallest percent of crime
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VIOLENT CRIMES
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burglary, larcency, grand theft autom and arson. stealing or intentionally damaging property
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CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY
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prostitution and illegal drug use
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VICTIMLESS CRIME
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high socal status in their professional life. embezzlement, price fixing, toxic pollutionm.
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WHITE COLLAR CRIMES
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how must do white collar crimes cost the U.S. annually?
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300 Billon Dollars
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