crime
What is crime?
any act labeled as such by those in charge and is prohibited by law.
What are norms?
Shared rules of conduct that tell people how they should act.
[blank] is the first step to starting a social movement.
Agitation
What is mass hysteria?
Unfounded anxiety shared by people scattered over a large geographical area.
Behavior patterns of society
Murder,Robbery, and aggravated assault are examples of what kind of crime?
Violent crimes
The enforcing of norms is also known as.
Social control
Evolutionary theory
what is convergent theory?
Theory that crowds are formed by people with shared views.
What is nature vs nurture?
genetics vs environment
What does rehabilitation do?
Reforms criminals.
Any behavior that violates significant social norms like stealing is known as?
deviance
What is the principle of immanent change defined as?
The natural tendency to change over time.
Trends that fade in and out are known as?
Fads
looking glass self was created by?
Charles Horton Cooly
social protection is meant to...
Keep criminals away from the rest of society.
Theory that deviance is natural out growth.
what is the final part of the life cycle of a social movement?
Institutionalization
What is a casual crowd?
A crowd that spontaneously forms because of an event.
what are the agents of socialization?
family, school, peers, media
repeated criminal behavior is known as?
Recidivism
What is stigma?
A mark if social disgrace.
Changes in the size of the [blank] can cause changes in a culture.
Population
A violent emotional crowd is known as a [blank] crowd.
Acting
What is resocialization?
The process by which a persons sense of social values, beliefs, and norms are reengineered.