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62 Cards in this Set
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Deviance |
violation of norms, rules and expectation |
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examples of deviance: |
a guy wearing uggs, stay at home dad, old woman body builder, tattoos |
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Relative deviance |
varies across societies: wearing leggings in USA vs Malaysia |
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Fluid deviance |
perceptions change over time: used to have smoking and non-smoking sections now just non |
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Violation of deviance |
folkways:backpack on the front mores/laws: stealing, murder |
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Crime |
violation of norms written into law |
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Property crimes |
burglary, vandalization |
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violent crime |
murder, aggravated assault |
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social control |
concept within disciplines of social sciences |
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informal social control |
the reactions of individuals and groups that bring about conformity to norms and laws |
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formal social control |
implemented by authorized agents including police officers, employers, military officers |
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Functionalist theory for deviance |
crime and deviance have a purpose in society creates social stability and social cohesion |
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conflict theory on deviance |
social problems stem from capitalism people who make the laws have a lot of money and power |
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All time high of crime rates (year) |
1994 |
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age people commit crimes the most |
17-19 |
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gender that commits most crimes |
men commit the most property and violent crimes women are arrested for prostitution the most |
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3 crime official data |
NCVS Self Report Surveys UCR |
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National Crime Victimization Survey |
compromised of household surveys "dark figures" of crimes |
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National Crime Victimization Survey |
compromised of household surveys "dark figures" of crimes |
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Self Report Surveys |
often go to juveniles in school settings data out of juveniles types of offenses |
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National Crime Victimization Survey |
compromised of household surveys "dark figures" of crimes |
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Self Report Surveys |
often go to juveniles in school settings data out of juveniles types of offenses |
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Uniform Crime Report (UCR) |
voluntarily submitted by police to FBI measures two different types of data: made of 8 offenses, 4 property, 4 violent |
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differential justice |
the differences in the way social control is exercised over different groups |
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5 legal forms of the Death Penalty |
lethal injection hanging firing squad gas chamber electric chair |
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5 legal forms of the Death Penalty |
lethal injection hanging firing squad gas chamber electric chair |
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which state is the death penalty executed the most |
Texas |
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Absolute Property |
not enough money to afford basic necessities of life |
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functionalist perspectives Davis and More thesis |
stratification is beneficial some positions >importance talent/experience=reward |
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criticisms of davis moore thesis |
president makes less than oprah, most people would agree obama does more things for our country than Oprah |
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conflict perspective Karl Marx |
capitalism=competition=class conflict social class=relationship to means of production worker or owner of that production |
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CP KM bourgeoisie |
individuals who own the products, highest in the social class most powerful |
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CP KM bourgeoisie |
individuals who own the products, highest in the social class most powerful |
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CP KM proletariat |
worker more workers than owners |
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interactionist perspective |
everyday class consciousness awareness of ones own social status and that of others |
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income |
wages/salaries measured over a period |
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income |
wages/salaries measured over a period |
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wealth |
money, assets, minus debuts |
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Relative Poverty |
people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the society in which they live |
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feminization of poverty |
a change in the levels of poverty biased against women or female headed house holds |
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webers concept of life chances |
describes how likely it is, given certain factors, that an individuals life will turn out a certain way |
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Webers concept of life chances correlate with what |
ones socioeconomic status |
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gender |
social and cultural significance attached to biology |
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gender |
social and cultural significance attached to biology |
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sex |
persons biological status ascribed status |
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functionalist perspective about gender/sex |
distinct roles ensure family's and society's survival division of labor = functional has nothing to do with power or inequalities |
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functionalist perspective instrumental leader |
the male earns the paycheck strong, assertive, independent decision makers |
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functionalist perspective instrumental leader |
the male earns the paycheck strong, assertive, independent decision makers |
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Functionalist perspective expressive leader |
emotional domesticated household and child related duties gentle, patient, caring |
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functionalist perspective instrumental leader |
the male earns the paycheck strong, assertive, independent decision makers |
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Functionalist perspective expressive leader |
emotional domesticated household and child related duties gentle, patient, caring |
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conflict theory for gender |
gender stratification--> inequalities power gender behaviors are unequal |
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work to family conflict |
affects both men and women mostly women occurs when work duties interfere with family time: hours stress night shift seasonally travel |
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family to work conflict |
women are affected more than men both can be affected though family duties impact your work duties: picking up the kids from school taking care of them when they're sick |
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race |
master status what they physically look like based on phenotypes socially constructed extremely fluid does not exist in a generic level |
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race |
master status what they physically look like based on phenotypes socially constructed extremely fluid does not exist in a generic level |
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ethnic |
nation "ethnos" culture distinguishes identities within racial groups |
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stereotypes |
serve as stigma brand or label individual stereos = solid typos=mark |
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prejudice |
negative attitude towards group/group members |
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individual discrimination |
one on one acts dominant harms subordinate |
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individual discrimination |
one on one acts dominant harms subordinate |
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institutional discrimination |
subtle used by those with power |
