| A | B |
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| Devaince | An act that violates a social norm |
| Crime | An act that violates the law |
| Juvenile Crime | Crimes commited by those under the age of 18 |
| Anomie | A situation which lacks social norms - this often leads to deviance |
| White Collar Crime | Crimes commited by those in high positions in a business - ex: embezzlement |
| Unifrom Crime Report | A report compiled by the FBI that list the crimes statistics for the US |
| Criminal Justice System | The system of courts, jails and prisons - deals with criminal issues in the USA |
| Stigma | undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual |
| Labeling Theory | theory that society creates deviance by indentifying particular members as deviant |
| Devaint | Someone who commits a deviant act |
| Detterrence | Something put into place to prevent deviant acts - i.e: detention |
| Recidivism | Returing to prison after serving time - the indivdiual commits another crime |
| Shock Probation | Combination of probation with a short prison stay, this is supposed to shock the accused about the hard reality of prison life |
| Sanction | A reward or punishment for behavior |
| Social Control | a. Encourages individuals to follow social norms |
| Positive Deviance | involves behavior that over conforms to social expectations |
| Negative Deviance | involves behavior that under conforms to accepted norms |
| Functionalist Perspective | Focuses on social stability |
| Four Types of Social Bonds | Attachment, committment, involvement and belief |
| Attachement | the stronger your attachment to the group the more likely you are to conform |
| Committment | the greater your commitment to social goals, the more likely you are to conform |
| Involvement | participation in approved social activities increase your probability to conform |
| Belief | belief in norms and values of society promotes conformity |
| Conflict Theory | Life is about a power struggle - this power struggle threatens those who are in power |
| Victim Discounting | process of reducing the seriousness of crimes that injure people of lower status |
| Symbolic Interactionsim | Society survives because of mutually understood principles |
| Differential Association Theory | theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to |
| Primary Deviance | deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a persons life style or self-concept |
| Secondary Deviance | deviance in which an individual’s life and identity are organized around breaking societies norms |
| Incarceration | a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison |
| Shock Probation | Combination of probation with a short prison stay, this is supposed to shock the accused about the hard reality of prison life |
| Rehabilitation | process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization |
| Communit Based Programs | Convicted belong to a program and become part of the community. Here they learn positive ways to interact with the community. |
