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anomie |
Inconsistencies that arise when people are taught to strive for certain goals but are not provided with the culturally approved means necessary to attain those goals. |
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Anomie theory |
The theory stating that inconsistencies and contradictions in the social system contribute to many forms of crime. |
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Career deviance |
See "secondary deviance". |
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Crime |
An act that violates a criminal code enacted by an officially constituted political authority. |
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Cultural transmission theories |
The theories that posit that crime and delinquency are and culturally transmitted through socialization. |
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Differential association theory |
The theory that posits that crime and delinquency are learned in interaction with other people, for the most part within intimate primary groups such as families and peer groups. |
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Labeling theory |
The theory based on the idea that whether other people define or label a person as deviant. |
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Primary deviance |
The violation of social norms in which the violater is not caught or is excused rather than labeled as a deviant. |
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Prison - industrial complex |
People who see prisons being built as a good thing. More inmates means more jobs. |
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Recidivism |
The repeat of an offense after having been convicted of a crime. "Reoffending" |
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Secondary deviance |
Behavior that a person adopts in reaction to being labeled as a deviant. |
