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chapter 7-sociology

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show Durkheim’s term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.  
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show Robert Merton’s theory of deviance as an adaptation of socially prescribed goals or of the means governing their attainment, or both.  
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Conformity   show
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Control theory   show
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Crime   show
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Cultural transmission   show
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Deviance   show
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Differential association   show
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Differential justice   show
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show Social control that is carried out by authorized agents, such as police officers, judges, school administrators, and employers  
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Hate crime   show
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show The eight types of crime tabulated each year by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Reports: murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.  
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Informal social control   show
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show An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaged in the same behavior are not.  
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show Governmental social control  
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show Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.  
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show The work of a group that regulates relations among criminal enterprises involved in illegal activities, including prostitution, gambling, and the smuggling and sale of illegal drugs.  
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show A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation, developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.  
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Sanction   show
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Social constructionist perspective   show
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show The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.  
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show The theory that crime and deviance are caused by the absence or breakdown of communal relationships and social institutions.  
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show Another name for labeling theory  
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show A label used to devalue members of certain social groups.  
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Transnational crime   show
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show A questionnaire or interview given to a sample of the population to determine whether people have been victims of crime.  
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Victimless crime   show
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White-collar crime   show
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