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20 Cards in this Set
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Behavior that violates significant social norms
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Deviance
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mark of social disgrace that sets the deviance apart from teh rest of society
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stigma
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social scientists who study criminal behavior
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criminalologistd
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views deviance as the natural otugrowth of teh value, norms, and structure of society
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Strain theory
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situation that arise when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable
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Anomie
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explains deviance as a natural occurance
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control theory
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explains deviance as a learned behavior
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cultural transmiaaon theory
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frequency and closeness of associations a person has with deviant and nondevian individual
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differntial association
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suspend their moral beliefs to commite deviant acts
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techniques of neutralization
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focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant
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labeling theory
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nonconformity that goes undetected by those in authority
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primiary deviance
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individuals being labeled as deviant and accepting the label as true
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secondary deviance
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process of labeling an individual as deviant is usually accompained by Harold Garfinkel
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degradation ceremony
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any act that is labeled as such by those in authority, is prohibited by law, and is punishable by the government
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crime
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high social status in professional lives
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white-collar crime
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large-scale orgainization of professional criminals that control some vice or business through violence or the threat of viloence
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crime syndicate
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police, courts, and corrections
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criminal-justice system
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the number id criminal offenses and teh number if full time police officers make it neccessary for the police to employ discretion in their decision involving arrest
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police discretion
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practice of assuming that nonwhite Americans are mosre likely to commit crime than white Americans
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racial profiling
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process if legal negotiation that allows an accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lighter sentence
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plea barganing
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