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25 Cards in this Set
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behavior that violates significant social norms
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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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the social scientists who study criminal behavior
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criminologists
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views deviance as natural outgrowth of the values, norms, & structure of society
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Strain Theory
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situation taht arises when the norms of society are unclear or no longer applicable
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anomie
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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
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frequency & closeness of associations a person has by deviant & nondeviant individuals
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differential association
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people suspend their 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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noncomfortity that goes undetected by those in authority
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Primary deviance
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results in individuals being labeled as deviant & 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
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any act that is labeled as such by those in authority, is prohibited by law, & is punishable by the government
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crime
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describe offenses committed by individuals of high social status in the course of their proffesional lives
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White-collar crime
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police,courts,etc.
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Criminal-Justice system
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imprisonment, parole, probation, & community service used to punish criminals.
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corrections
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repeated criminal behavior
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recidivism
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murder, forcible rape, robbery & aggrevated assult
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violent crimes
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burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft & larson
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crime against property
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prostitution, illegal gambling, illegal durg use, & vagrancy
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victimless crime
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tax fraud,insider trading, misrepresentation, tax evasion,. price fix, political corruption..
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White-collar crime
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large-scale of proffesional criminals that controls some vice or bussiness through violence or threat of violence
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Organized crime
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power to decide who is actually arrested
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police discretion
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process of legal negotiation that allows an accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lighter sentence
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plea barganing
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