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23 Cards in this Set
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Deviance |
Behavior that departs from societal or group norms |
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Negative deviance |
Involves behavior that under conforms to accepted norms |
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Positive deviance |
Involves behavior that overconforms to social expectations |
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Deviant |
A person who breaks significant societal or group norms |
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Social control |
Ways to encourage conformity to society's norms |
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Social sanctions |
Rewards and punishments that encourage conformity to social norms |
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Anomie |
A social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting or absent |
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Strain Theory |
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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Control Theory |
Theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society |
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Differential association theory |
Theory that individuals learn deviance in preparation to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to |
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Labeling theory |
Theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviants |
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Primary deviance |
Deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept |
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Secondary deviance |
Deviants in which an individual's life and identity or organized around breaking society's norms |
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Stigma |
And undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual |
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Victim discounting |
Process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of low statuses |
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White-collar crimes |
Job related crimes committed by high-status people |
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Crime |
Acts committed in violation of the law |
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Criminal justice system |
System comprising institutions and process responsible for enforcing criminal statuses |
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Deterrence |
Discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment |
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Retribution |
Punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts |
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Incarceration |
A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison |
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Rehabilitation |
Process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization |
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Recidivism |
Repetition of or return to criminal behavior |
