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altruistic suicide
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the type of suicide that can occur when there is excessive regulation of individuals by social forces.
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anomic suicide
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the type of suicide that can occur when there is excessive regulation of individuals by social forces.
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anomie
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the condition existing when social regulations (norms) in a society break down.
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deviance
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behavior that is recognized as violating expected rules and norms.
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deviant career
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the sequence of movements people make through a particular system of deviance.
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deviant community
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groups that are organized around particular forms of social deviance.
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deviant identity
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the definition a person has of himself or herself as deviant.
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differential association theory
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theory that interprets deviance as behavior one learns through interaction with others.
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egoistic suicide
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the type of suicide that occurs when people feel totally detached from society.
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elite deviance
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the wrongdoing of wealthy and powerful individuals and organizations.
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labeling theory
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a theory that interprets the responses of others as most significant in understanding deviant behavior.
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medicalization of deviance
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explanations of deviant behavior that interpret deviance as the result of individual pathology or sickness.
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moral entrepreneurs
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people who organize a social movement to reform how a particular behavior is morally perceived and handled.
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primary deviance
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the violation of a norm or law.
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secondary deviance
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behavior that results from being labeled deviant, regardless of whether the person has previously engaged in deviance.
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social control
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a process by which groups and individuals within those groups are brought into conformity with dominant social expectations.
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social control agents
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those who institutionally regulate and administer responses to deviance, such as the police and mental health care workers.
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social control theory
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theory that explains deviance as the result of the weakening of social bonds.
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stigma
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an attribute that is socially devalued and discredited.
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structural strain theory
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a theory that interprets deviance as originating in the tensions that exist in society between cultural goals and the means people have to achieve those goals.
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tertiary deviance
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deviance that occurs when the deviant fully accepts the deviant role, but rejects the stigma associated with it.
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