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15 Cards in this Set
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Deviance
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is the violation of a norm and is socially constructed
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social control
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formal and informal means of enforcing norms
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crime
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violation of norms that have been enforced by law
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EXPLANATIONS OF DEVIANCE
sociobiology |
genetic predisposition (intellegance, xyychromosome, body type)
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EXPLANATIONS OF DEVIANCE
psychology |
personal disorders
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THOUGHTS ON DEVIANCE
symbolic interactionist perspective-Sutherland |
differential association theory- ppl learn deviance from the groups they're associated with
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THOUGHTS ON DEVIANCE
symbolic interactionist perspective- Hirschi |
social control theory-innner and outer controls,bonds to society
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social control theory bond to society (4)
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1.Attachment
2.commitment 3.involvemant 4.beleifs |
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THOUGHTS ON DEVIANCE
funtionalist perspective-durkheim (4 parts) |
deviance is functional, promotes stability
1. defines moral boundaries 2.affirms cultural norms and values 3.promotes social unity 4.encourage social change |
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THOUGHTS ON DEVIANCE
funtionalist perspective- Merton (4) |
STRAIN THEORY
cultural goals,institutionalized means, if means are blocked=strain=anomie, four deviant paths |
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four devient paths-merton
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1.innovation(accept goals reject means)
2.ritualism(reject goals conforms to means) 3.retreatism "social dropouts"(reject goals and means) 4. rebellion(reject goals and means and introduce new ones) |
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purposes of imprisonment (4)
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1 retribution/punishment
2 protection 3 rehabilitation 4 deterrence |
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Incarceration rates
highest states |
1st LO
2nd TX 3rd Mississippi |
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MEASURING CRIME
uniform crime index report |
counts frequency of officiallly reported crime
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MEASURING CRIME
national crime victimization survey |
50,000 household interveiwsed every 6 months for 3 years, over 12 yrs old, surverys pffenders and victims
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