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| Symbolic interactionists take a micro view of society, | examining the beliefs and assumptions people bring to their everyday interactions to find the causes or explanations for deviance. |
| People see how they are labeled and accept the label as being | "true" |
| People behave the way that they think someone with their label | should behave |
| Primary deviance | the first act of rule breaking, which may result in the rule breaker being labeled “deviant” and thus influence how people think about and act toward him or her |
| Secondary deviance | refers to acts of rule breaking that occur after primary deviance and as a result of a person’s new, deviant label |
| Stigma | negative social label that changes your behavior toward a person; also changes that person’s self-concept and social identity |
| Stigma has serious consequences in terms of the opportunities made available – | or rather, not made available – to people in a stigmatized group |
| Broken window theory of deviance (Philip Zimbardo): | explains how social context and social cues impact the way individuals act |
| People who wouldn’t exhibit a certain behavior in one social context might do so in another context | where the behavior seems more permissible |
| street crime | refers to crime committed in public and is often associated with violence, gangs, and poverty |
| white-collar crime | committed by a professional against a corporation, agency, or other business |
| corporate crime | type of white-collar crime committed by the officers or executives of a company |
