Vocabulary
Theories
Criminal Justice System
Crime
100
The violation of norms that have been written into law
What is crime?
100
Theory in which competition and class conflict within society creates deviance
What is Social Conflict Theory?
100
Penalty or punishment that shows gender, social class, and racial/ethnic bias
What is the death penalty?
100
Type of computer crime using electronic media to tease others.
What is cyberbullying?
200
The violation of a norm that a society agrees upon
What is deviance?
200
This theory consists of primary deviation and secondary deviation
What is Labeling Theory?
200
The percentage of plea bargaining in the court system.
What is 89%?
200
Refers to many different types of criminal acts, such as burglary, rape, and assult.
What are street crimes?
300
The use of formal and informal means of enforcing norms
What is social control?
300
The two parts of The Control Theory
What are inner controls and outer controls?
300
The frontline against crime
What are the police?
300
Explains that criminals could be distinguished by physical characteristics such as big ears and deep set eyes.
What is the biological explanation of deviance?
400
The tendency for inmates released from prison to return to prison
What is recidivism?
400
This theory emphasizes that criminal and deviant behavior is learned
What is Differential Association Theory?
400
Name the second part of the Criminal Justice System
What are courts?
400
Explains criminal behavior by blaming something abnormal in the individual, such as low IQ or thinking error.
What is the psychological explanation of deviance?
500
The deliberate effort to attach a negative meaning to a behavior
What is shaming?
500
Name the 5 social groups in Robert Merton's Theory of Anomie.
What are Conformists, Innovators, Ritualist's, Retreatist's, Rebels?
500
List the 4 Justifications of Punishment
What is retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, societal protection?
500
6 major characteristics that motivate hate crimes
What is race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity?
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