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25 Cards in this Set
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Daniel Levinson
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Life Structure
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combination of statuses, roles, activities, goals, values, and life circumstances that characterize an individual
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Mentor
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Someone who fosters an individual's development by believing in the person, sharing the person's dreams, and helping the person achieve those dreams
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Esther Sales
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Labor Force
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all individuals 16 and older who are employed in paid positions or who are seeking paid employment
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Profession
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high - status occupation that requires specialized skills obtained through formal education
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Unemployment
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situation that occurs when people do not have jobs but are actively seeking employment
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Gerontology
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scientific study of the processes and phenomena of aging
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Alzheimer's Disease
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organic condition that results in the progressive destruction of brain cells
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Dependency
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shift from being an independent adult to being dependent on others for physical or financial assistance
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Novice Phase
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term proposed by Daniel Levinson and his colleagues for the first three stages of the early adulthood era
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Deviance
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behavior that violates significant social norms
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Stigma
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mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society
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Criminology
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Social scientists who study criminal behavior
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Robert K. Merton
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Edwin Sutherland
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Crime
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any act that is labeled as such by those in authority, is prohibited by the government
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Police Discretion
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the power held by police officers to decide who is actually arrested
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Racial Profiling
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the practice of assuming nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit crimes than white Americans
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Plea Bargain
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process of legal negotiation that allows an accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lighter sentence
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Recidivism
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repeated criminal behavior
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Cultural transmission theory
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theory that views deviance as a learned behavior transmitted through interaction with others
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Differential Association
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proportion of associations a person has with deviant versus non-deviant individuals
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white-collar crime
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crime that is committed by an individual or individuals of high social status in the course of their professional lives
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terrorism
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use of threatened or actual violence in the pursuit of political goals
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