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32 Cards in this Set
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any act that violates a social norms |
Deviance |
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factors in determining what devianve is |
time, place, public consensus/power |
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one historical period to another |
time |
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one place to another |
place |
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reflects the vested interests of the rich and powerful |
public consensus/power |
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nuts and sluts bag ladies, unemployed men |
Trait of powerlessness Alexander Liazos |
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people who threaten the wealthy by taking their property |
Common thieves/political radicals |
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why do they use drugs |
fullfil the needs for status cope with the harsh oppressive realities of poverty sense of purpose to shattered lives |
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all violent crimes, certain property crimes, and moral crimes |
Conventional crimes |
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actions involving force or the threat of force against others e.g murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault anxiety provoking |
Violent Crime |
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burglary, robbery,vehicle theft, arson |
Property crime |
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involve an illegal action "voluntarily" engaged in by the participants prosti, illegal gambling, illegal druga |
Moral crime |
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people assert that such conduct should not be labeled as a crime willing exchange of illegal goods/services among adults |
Victimless crimes |
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illegal activities committed by people in the course if their employment/financial affairs |
Occupational (white collar) crime |
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illegal acts committed by corporate employees on behalf of the corporation and with its support |
Corporate crime |
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effects of corporate crime |
polluting water and air producing defective products selling unsafe food and drugs |
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business operations that supplies illegal goods and services for profit e.g drug trafficking, prosti, money laundering, hijackings |
Organized crime |
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organized crimes thrives because.... |
of great demand for illegalvgoods and services |
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criminal orgs gain control of illegal activities by combining |
threats and promises |
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ambitious minorities became successful during Prohibition |
Al Capone |
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well-known example of organized crime |
Italian Mafia |
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illegal or unethical acts involving the usurpation of power by government officials or illegal/unethical acts perpetrated against the gov. by outsiders |
Political Crime |
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taking advantage of political position to gain money or property |
graft |
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aimed at gaining or maintaining political office or influence |
illegal wiretapping and political dirty tricks |
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4 types of political deviance have been attributed to some officials |
1. secrecy and deception designed to manipulate public opinion 2. abuse of power 3. prosecution of individuals due to their political activities 4. official violence liie police brutality against people of color |
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criminal against a person or a person's property by an offender motivated by racial/other bias |
Hate crime |
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individuals are pressured by society to conform to social norms |
Social control |
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frowning, gossip. criticism or ridicule |
Informal controls |
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imposed by police, judges, prison guards |
formal controls |
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believe that u should kill a person who has wronged you |
The Mayan Indians of South Mexico |
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network of police, courts and prisons |
Criminal justice system |
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police would restrict freedom of movement and invade privacy by... |
tapping phones, reading mail, searching homes, blockading roads |
