Chapter 7 Sociology Vocab

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Deviance

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Behavior that departs from societal or group norms

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Negative deviance

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Behavior that under conforms to accepted norms

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Positive deviance

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Behavior that over conforms to social expectations

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Violation

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The act of breaking or discarding

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Deviant

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A person who breaks significant societal or group norms

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Stability

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reliability; resistance to sudden change

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Social control

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Ways to encourage conformity to society's norms

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Social sanctions

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Rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms

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Anomie

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A social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent

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Concept

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An idea

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Strain theory

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The theory that deviance is more likely to occur when A gap exist between cultural goals in the ability achieve them

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Control theory

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The theory that compliance with social norms require strong bonds between individuals and society

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Appropriateness

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Suitability; correctness

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Differential association theory

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The theory that individuals learn deviance in the proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms to which they are exposed

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Labeling theory

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The theory that society creates a deviants by end identifying particular members as Deviant

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Label

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To identify

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Secondary deviance

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Deviance that becomes a lifestyle and part of an individual's identity

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Primary deviance

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Only occasional breaking of norms

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Commit

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To do or perform

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Stigma

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An undesirable label used to deny deviant acceptance

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Cite

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To quote as an authoritative source

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Minority

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Pertaining to a racial,religious, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is a part

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Victim discounting

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The process of reducing the seriousness of the crime that injured people of lower status

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White-collar crime

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job-related crimes committed by high-status people

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Crime

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An act committed in violation of the law

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Contrary

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The opposite of what was previously stated

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Occupation

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One's business or profession

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Criminal justice system

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A system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statuses

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Deterrence

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Discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment

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Retribution

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Punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts

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Incarceration

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A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison

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Rehabilitation

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The process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization

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Recidivism

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A repetition ,of or return to ,criminal behavior

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Restitution

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Punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their act