| A | B |
|---|
| any act that is labeld as such by those in authority is prohibited by law, and is punishable by the government | structural strain theory |
| crime committed by an individual or individuals in hte course of their professional lives | white-collar crime |
| Component of the criminal justice system responsible for determining the guilt or innocence of offenses | courts |
| one function served by corrections | retribution |
| theory that views deviance as learned behavior | cultural transmission theory |
| examples include prositution, gambling and vagrancy | victimless crime |
| behavior that violates significant social norms | deviance |
| component of the criminal justice system responsible for determining who is to be arrested | police |
| theory that focuses on how individuals come to be labeled as deviant | labeling theory |
| repeated criminal behavior | recidivism |
| Sanctions used to punish criminals | corrections |
| theory that suggests that people who commit deviant acts have weak ties to the community | control theory |
| serves offenders under the age of 18 | juvenile justice system |
| socialogists who first proposed the concept of differential association | edwin sutherland |
| made up of police, the courts, and corrections | criminal justice system |
| theory that views deviance as the result of competition and social inequality | conflict theory |
| proportion of associations a person has with deviant versus non-deviant individuals | differntial association |
| examples include larceny, vandalism, and burglary | crimes against property |
| mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society | stigma |
| process of legal negotiations that allows an accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lighter sentence | plea bargaining |
