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deviance and crime sociology chpt 7

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deviance   occurs when someone departs from a norm  
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informal punishment   involves a mild sanction that is imposed during face-to-face interaction, not by the judicial system  
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stigmatized   people who are stigmatized are negatively evaluated because of a marker that distinguishes them from others and this is labeled as socially unacceptable  
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formal punishment   takes place when the judicial system penalizes someone for breaking the law  
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social diversions   are minor acts of deviance that are generally perceived as relatively harmless and that evoke, at most, a mild societal reaction, such as amusement or distain  
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social deviations   are non criminal departures from norms that are nonetheless subject to official control.  
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conflict crimes   are illegal acts that many people consider harmful to society. They are punishable by state.  
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consensus crimes   are illegal acts that nearly all people agree are bad in themselves and harm society `greatly. The state inflicts sever punishment for consensus crimes  
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social constructionism   argues that apparently natural or innate features of life are often sustained by social processes that vary historically and culturally  
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white collar crime   refers to an illegal act committed by a respectable, high-status person in the course of his or her work  
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street crimes   include arson, break and enter, assault, and other illegal acts disproportionately committed by people of lower classes  
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victimless crimes   involve violations of the law in which no victim steps forward and is identified  
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self-report surveys   respondents are asked to report their involvement in criminal activities, either as perpetrators or as victims  
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victimization surveys   are surveys in which people are asked whether they have been victims of crime  
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social control   refers to methods of ensuring conformity  
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motivation theories   identify the social factors that drive people to commit deviant and criminal acts  
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constraint theories   identify the social factors that impose deviance and crime (or conventional behavior) on people  
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strain theory   holds that people may turn to deviance when they experience strain.  
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strain   result when a culture teaches people the value of material success and society fails to provide enough legitimate opportunities for everyone to succeed.  
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subcultural theory   argues that gangs are a collective adaptation to social conditions  
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techniques of neutralization   are the rationalizations that deviants and criminals use to justify their activities  
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differential association   theory holds that people learn to value deviant or non-deviant lifestyles depending on whether their social environment leads them to associate more with deviants or non-deviants  
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labeling theory   holds that deviance results not so much from the actions of the deviant as from the response of others, who label the rule breaker a deviant  
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master status   a person's master status is his or her overriding public identity. it is the status that is most influential in shaping that person's life at a given time  
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control theory   holds that the rewards of deviance and crime are ample. Therefore, nearly everyone would engage in deviance and crime if they could get away with it  
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conflict theory   the conflict theory of crime holds that deviance and crime arise out the conflict between power and the powerless  
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moral panic   occurs when many people fervently believe that some form of deviance or crime poses a profound threat to societies well being  
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recidivism rates   indicate the proportion of people re-arrested after an initial arrest  
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