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conventional crime
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violent crime as well as certain types of vice and property crimes; also called street crimes
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corporate crime
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ilegal activities engaged in by a corporation or people acting on its behalf
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crime
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behavior that violates the formal norms or laws of a society
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deviance
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condition, behavior, attitude, or belief that violates cultural norms or that is reacted to and defined as deviance
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deviant
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person who engages in deviance or possesses and attitude or condition considered or labeled deviant
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formal social controls
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involves agents of society, such as the police & courts, in punishing people believed to have broken laws
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hate crimes
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crimes motivated by racial, religious, sexual, disability, or othe biases
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illegititmate opportunity structures
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conditions that provide an opportunity to achieve what they cannot achieve thru legitimate means
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impulsive deviance
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deviance that is engaged in without prior calculation and often lacks duration
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informal social control
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reactions and sanctions exhibited by people in daily interactions; ther effect is to encourage conformity
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intentional deviance
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deviance that involves prior rational calculation of the costs and benefits of doiing deviannce
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organized crime
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criminal activity engaged in for profit by an organized group
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political crime
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unethical or illegal behavior engaged in by government officials, or criminal activity engaged in by people attempting to overthrow the govt.
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primary deviance
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first act of deviance for which one receives the label of deviant
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punishment
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actions taken to extinguish or stop undesirable behavior
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secondary deviance
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sebsequent acts of deviance that result from the acceptance of the label and identity of deviant
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social control
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collective attempts to ensure conformity to a group or societal norms
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stigma
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strong negative label
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strain theory
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theory that people engage in deviance when they are unable to acheive socially approved goals through socially approved means
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white-collar crime
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crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their employment activities
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Durkheim-functionalist perspective
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deviance natural-afffirms values and norms/clarifies social boundaries/promotes unity /promotes innovation and social change
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Merton
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Strain Theory-approved goals-acheived thru/conformity/innovation/ritualism/retreatism/rebellion
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Cloward/Ohlin
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1966-expanded mertons theory= opportunity theory(subcultures criminal,retreatist,conflict)
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Hirschi
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1969-Control theory(Symbolic-Interactionist)what keeps people from choosing deviance(why do they conform)
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Control theory
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attachments/commitments/involvement/belief
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Differential association theory
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learn deviance from people we associate with
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labeling theory
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the act of labeling deviants
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conflict perspective on deviance
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liberal feminism/radical feminism/socialist feminism
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feminist views on deviance
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liberal-gender discrimination(to feed kids)/radical-patriarchal subordination(prostitution-double standards)/socialist-patriarchy & capitalism(low paying jobs-make ends meet)
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classifying crime
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conventional/white-collar/corporate/hate/organized/politcal
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