| A | B |
| deviance | the recognized violation of cultural norms |
| crime | the violation of a society's formally enacted criminal law |
| stigma | a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity |
| hate crime | a criminal act against a person or person's property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias |
| organized crime | a business supplying illegal goods or services |
| corporate crime | the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf |
| white-collar crime | crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations |
| victimless crimes | violations of law in which there are no readily apparent victims |
| deterrence | the use of punishment to discourage criminality |
| social control | attempts by society to regulate people's thought and behavior |