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18 Cards in this Set
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Behavior that violates significant social norms.
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deviance
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A mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society.
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stigma
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the social scientists who study criminal begavior.
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criminologists
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deviant behavior that views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the
values,norms,and structure of society. |
strain threory
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situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable.
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Anomie
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views deviance as a learned behavior ransitted throug interactionwith others.
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cultural transmission theory
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explains deviance as a natural occurence
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control theory
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functionist theory
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robert murton
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proportion of associations a person has with deviant versus non deviant individuals
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differential association
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suspending moral beleifs to commit deviant crimes
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techniques of nuetralization
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focuses on how individuals come to be labeled as deviant
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labeling theory
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noncomfority undetected by authority in which the individuals who commit deviant acts do not consider them bad
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primary deviance
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noncomformity that results in the individuals who commit acts of secondary deviance being labeled as deviant and accepting that label as true.
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secondary deviance
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the process pf labeling an individual as deviant
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degradation ceremony
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any act that is labeled as such by those in authority is prohibited by law
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crime
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crime that is commited by an individual or individuals of high school status in the course of thier proffesional lives
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white collar crime
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large scale organization of profeszsional criminals tha controls some vice or business through violence.
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crime syndicate
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the system of police courts and corrections
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criminal justice system
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