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Sociology: Chapter 8 Terms

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deviancebehavior that violates significant social norms
stigmamark of social disgrace
cultural-transmission theorytheory used to explain deviant behavior
differential associationthe center of cultural-ransmission theory is the concept of
anomieunder the srin of incmpatible goals and means these individuals fall victim to anomie
control theoryturns to the social structure
labeling theorygrew out of the interacionist perspective
primary deviancenonconfrmity that goes undetected by those n authority
secondary devianceresults in the individual being labeled ass a deviant and accepting the label as true
crimeis any act that is labeled as such by those in theory
Violent crimemake up a very small percintage of all crimes
crime against propertyburglary larceny etc...
victimless crime crimessuch as prostitution, gambling, illegal drug use, and vagrancy
whit-collar crimecrimes that are commited by people of a high status
crime syndicateis a large scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice or business
Recidivesmis ht term for repeated criminal behavior


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