Vocabulary
Theories
Prospectives
Types of Crime
Saints vs. Roughnecks
100
any act labeled as such by those in authority and is prohibited by law
Crime
100
Labeling Theory
_______ focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant.
100
(Control theory is part of the ___________ perspective.)
Interactionist
100
Property Crime.
Arson, Larceny and Motor vehicle theft
100
why were the roughnecks caught more often than the saints?
the community was keeping watch on them
200
explains deviance as a behavior learned in much the same way as non deviant behavior.
Cultural transmission theory
200
Socialization.
What is central to Cultural Transmission Theory?
200
(Strain theory falls under the __________ perspective.)
Functionalist
200
White Collar Crime.
Misrepresentation, Fraud, and Tax evasion
200
what left the saints unsuspected of delinquent behavior?)
ability to go somewhere else
300
mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society.
Stigma
300
Conformity, Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, Rebellion.
List the five parts to Merton’s Strain Theory
300
(What does the Functionalist perspective claim about deviance?)
That deviance is a natural part of society.
300
Violent Crime.
Murder, Aggravated assault and Robbery.
300
(true or false: the roughnecks had good grades
false
400
A large-scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice or legitimate business through violence or threat of violence.
Crime Syndicate
400
True or False: Anomie is the situation that arises when society’s norms are unclear or no longer applicable.)
True.
400
(What does the Conflict perspective claim about deviance?)
That deviance is a result of competition and social inequality.
400
Victimless Crime.
(Illegal gambling, Vagrancy, and Prostitution.
400
what was the age range of the delinquents?
16-19
500
punishment or threat of punishment used to enforce conformity.
Negative sanction
500
According to Merton, it is the theory that deviance is a natural outgrowth of values and norms.
What is strain theory?
500
(What does the Interactionist perspective claim about deviance?)
That interaction among individuals influences deviance.
500
Organized Crime.
A crime syndicate is involved with this type of crime.)
500
True or false: the community saw the saints as troublemakers.
False
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