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Chapter 7 sociology

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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 over conforms 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 or 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 proportion to number of deviant acts they are exposed to  
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Labeling Theory   theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant  
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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   deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms  
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Victim Discounting   process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status  
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White-Collar Crime   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 processes responsible for enforcing criminal statuses  
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Detterence   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 prisons  
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Rehabilitation   process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization  
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Recidivism   a repetition of or return to criminal behavior  
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Stigma   an undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual  
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