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14 Cards in this Set
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Deviance
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Any behavior or physical appearance that is socially challenged or condemned because it departs from the norms and expectations of a group.
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conformity
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Behavior and appearances that follow and maintain the standards of a group; also the acceptance of the cultural goals and the pursuit of those goals through means defined as legitimate.
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Social Control
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Methods used to teach, persuade, or force a groups, members, and even nonmembers, to comply with and not deviate from its norms and expectations. pg 154
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folkways
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customary ways of handling the routine matters of everyday life.
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mores
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Norms that people define as essential to the well being of their group. People who violate mores are usually punished severely.
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Sanctions
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Reactions of approval or disapproval to others' behavior or appearance. pg157
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Positive sanctions
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An expression of approval and a reward for compliance
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Negative sanctions
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An expression of disapproval for noncompliance
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Informal sanction
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spontaneous, unofficial expressions of approval or disapproval that are not backed by the force of law.
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formal sanctions
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Expressions of approval or disapproval backed by laws, rules, or policies that specify (usually in writing) the conditions under which people should be rewarded or punished and the procedures for allocating rewards and administering punishments. pg 157
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censorship
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A method of preventing information from reaching an audience.
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Censors
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People whose job is to sift information conveyed through movies, books, letters, email, tv, the internet, and other media and to remove or block any material that is considered unsuitable or threatening. pg 157
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Prison industrial complex
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The corporations and agencies with an economic stake in building and supplying correctional facilities and in providing services.
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surveillance
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A mechanism of social control that involves watching and otherwise monitoring the movements, activities, conversations, and associations of people to prevent them from engaging in wrongdoing; to watch those who are engaged in wrong doing; and to ensure that the public is protected from wrong doers. pg 159
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