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24 Cards in this Set
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what is an example of negative deviance?
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robbing a bank
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what is an example of positive deviance?
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pushing a super model to the point of anorexia
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2 types of social control
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internal and external
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how does deviance benefit society?
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deviance can be a temporary safe valve; deviance helps relieve teens from pressure they experience
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who adapted Durkheim's concept of strain anomie
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Robert Merton
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How do people respond to strain?
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1.Innovation
2.Ritualism 3.Retreatism 4.Rebellion |
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who came up w/ control theory?
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Travis Hirschi
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what are the 4 basic elements of control theory?
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1.Attachment
2.Commitment 3.Involvement 4.Belief |
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behavior that departs from societal or group norms
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deviance
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involves behavior that under conforms to accepted norms
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negative deviance
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involves behavior that over conforms to social expectations
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positive deviance
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a person who breaks significant societal or group norms
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deviant
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ways to encourage conformity to society's norms
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social conrtol
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rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
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social sanctions
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a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
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anomie
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theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve these goals by legitimate means
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string theory
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theory that compliance w/ social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
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control theory
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theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to
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differential association
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theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
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labeling theory
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deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept
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primary deviance
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deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms
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secondary deviance
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an undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual
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stigma
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process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
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victim discounting
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job related crimes committed by high status people
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white collar crime
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