R100 Final Exam/exam 4

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Capital Punishment, biases

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geographical - Michigan v. Indiana

child v adult

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Homelessness & Mental Illness

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homelessness can cause mental illness

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Colonialism [Sun Never Sets]

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taken over countries and have taken most of the natural resources and cheap labor

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Differential Association Theory

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Why people commit crimes: through interaction with others, people learn the values, attitudes, techniques, and motives for criminal behavior

Edwin Sutherland

deviance is learned

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Illegitimate Opportunity Structure

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one has to have the opportunity to participate in the crime: embezzlement

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Relativity of Deviance

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varies historically and across cultures

negative reaction to the deviant act

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Gender & Crime

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men are arrested more often that women

theories to explain why: men are allowed more behavioral freedom, police are less willing to define a woman as criminal

<10% women

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Stratification

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system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy

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Global Superclass

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small group of highly interconnected individuals in which wealth and power are so concentrated that they make the world's major decisions

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Control Theory

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inner and outer controls prevent crime

internal - values, conscience, desire to receive approval

external - people and institutions

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Recidivism

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percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested

1/2 - 2/3 repatition rate

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White Collar Crime

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Crimes committed by high status people in the context of their jobs.

Edward Sutherland

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Medicalization of Deviance

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deviance is a sign of mental illness

absolves responsibility

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Slavery

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different types, work without proper payment

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Caste

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ascribed statuses: traits people possess as a result of their birth

rigid ranking - cannot change castes

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Class

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achieved statuses: earn or choose, not subject to the terms of birth

social mobility

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Labeling Theory

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deviance is relative: it is not labeled until someone says it is

society decides what is deviant

more likely to continue deviance if labelled

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Strain Theory

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society causes deviance

fosters an equivalent desire to succeed among the people but society doesn't provide legitimate means

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Incarceration Rate

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US has highest rate of incarceration

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Corporate Crime

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crimes committed by business or corporation

subcategory of white-collar

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Conflict Theory perspective on Deviance

(Criminal Law)

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Elites control the law

Wealthy get off easier

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Colonialism as an explanation for STRATIFICATION

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After the colonists leave, they have left the economy in destitute

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Distribution of and Distinction between Wealth and Income

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Wealth - more uneven, inheritance, income acquired overtime

Income - made over a period of time

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Characteristics of Poverty

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minorities have it the worst

Children have the highest poverty rates

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Affluenza

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fake illness (informal term)

describes rich that get out of terms with fake medical issues

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World Stratification

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Most Industrialized

The Industrializing

Least Industrialized

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World System Theory

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impoverish countries enter into relationships with rich countries and are exploited (neocolonialism)

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Culture Of Poverty Theory

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culture of the poorest society holds everyone back

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Property

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Synonymous with

WEALTH

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Social Mobility

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intergenerational

structural

change

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Secondary Deviance

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second + deviation

labeling theory comes into play at this point

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Horatio Alger

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everything he ever wanted came true

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Means of Production

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anything that PRODUCES wealth

property, factories

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Big Win

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lottery winners - life is turned upside down

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Key dimension of social stratification

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Wealth

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Homelessness can cause mental illness

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True

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Forms of deviance are formalized into law

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true

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Social Mobility

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person's ability to move up or down the class hierarchy

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Excessive incarceration is due to

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3 strikes laws

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Davis - Moore Thesis

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society must fill a variety of positions to ensure tat important tasks are performed

must offer rewards to motivate the most qualified

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Major Characteristic of Class system

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fluid boundaries

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Parent Spanking a child

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Informal social control