Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit4 Deviance/Crime
Sociology Mrs. Furbush
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conformity | behavior that matches group expectations |
| Deviance | the violation of social norms |
| Deviant | someone who has violated one or more of societys highly valued norms |
| Social Control | Society uses it to promote conformity |
| Internal Social Control | Most people do not steal because they believe it is wrong not because they fear arrest is an example of Internal social control |
| External Social Control | Some people are not successfully socialized and require External sanctions like fines or low grades to encourage appropriate behavior |
| Cost of Deviance | A Cost of deviance is that it erodes trust and a society filled with suspicion cannot function smoothly. |
| Benefit of Deviance | A Benefit of deviance is that it clarifies what norms are expected |
| Primary Deviance | In Primary deviance a person only occasionally breaks norms; not a lifestyle |
| Secondary Deviance | Secondary deviance deviance is a way of life for that person; a normal reaction for that person |
| Deterrence | Uses the threat of punishment to discourage criminal actions |
| Retribution | Punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their actions |
| Incarceration | Keeping criminals in prisons & not out on the streets to commit more crimes is the purpose of incarceration |
| Rehabilitation | The goal of rehabilitation is to resocialize criminals |
| Recidivism | 30-60% of released prisoners go back to jail in 2-5 years; this is called |
| How much does crime cost our country each year? | 400 Billion Dollars |
| What groups are most likely to be victims of crime in the US? | Poor, Black, Hispanic Americans |
| How much does it cost the state of Lousiana to keep a person in jail for life? | 1 million dollars |
| Labeling Theory | The idea that if you label someone who was primary deviant that they will become secondary deviant |
| Stealing gum from Walmart one time is an example of primary or secondary deviance? | Primary Deviance |
| Robbing five banks is an example of primary or secondary deviance? | Secondary Deviance |
| If you fight at school, you will get five days of OSS and be arrested is an example of which punishment type? | Deterrence |
| A life sentence in prison is an example of what type of punishment? | Incarceration |
| Which ethnic groups tend to receive the death penalty more often? | African Americans & Hispanics |
| What is victim discounting? | process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status |
Created by:
sfurbush
Popular Miscellaneous sets