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| Deviance | The recognized violation of cultural norms. |
| Mertons Strain Theory | Excessive devaince arises from particular social arrangements. |
| Stigma | A powerully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity. |
| Act and Criminal Intent | All crimes are composed of two distinct elements. |
| Victimization Surveys | A representative sample of poeple about their experiences with crime. |
| Rehabilition | A program for reforming the offender to prevent later offenses, |
| Criminal ercidivism | later offenses by people previously convicted of crimes. |
| Primogeniture | To prevent vast landholdings from being divided by heirs. |
| Class System | A social stratification based on both birth and individual achievement. |
| Davis-Moore Thesis | Social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of a society. |
| Herbert Spences | This person had ideas about social inequality that are still widespread today. |
| 5% | Percent of the highest paid of U.S. families. |
| 20% | The percent of U.S. families that make less than $24000 annually. |
| Meritocracy | Social stratification based on personal merit. |
| Ideology | Cultural beliefs that justify particular social arrangements, including patterns of inequality. |
| Income | Wages or salary from work and earnings from investements. |
| Wealth | The total value of money and other assets, minus outstanding debts. |
| Max Weber | Identified 3 distinct dimensions of social stratification including economic class, social class, and power. |
