Behavior, trait or belief in which violates a norm
What is deviance
100
Sociologists have often focused on the most obvious forms of deviance
What is a criminal
100
violation of a norm that has been codified into law
What is crime
100
stats showing sociologists have found that people from poorer neighborhoods, males, youth, and minorities are among the most likely to be arrested.
What is uniform crime report
100
an approach to punishment that attempts to reform criminals as part of their penalty.
What is rehabitation
200
Erving Goffman’s term for any physical or social attribute that devalues a person or group’s identity, and which may exclude those who are devalued from normal social interaction.
What is stigma
200
The definition of what defines this term is different for every culture
What is deviance
200
crime in which violence is either the objective or the means to an end, including murder, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery.
What is violent crime
200
a collection of social institutions (legislatures, police, courts, and prisons) that create and enforce laws.
What is criminal justice system
200
actions considered deviant within a given context, but which are later reinterpreted as appropriate or even heroic.
What is positive deviance
300
stigmatized individuals use this to negotiate everyday interaction
What is passing
300
new form of deviance in which people are absused through the use of technology
What is cyber-bullying
300
crime that does not involve violence, including burglary, larceny theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
What is property crime
300
an approach to punishment that relies on the threat of harsh penalties to discourage people from committing crimes.
What is deterrence
300
This group argues that deviance serves a social function by clarifying moral boundaries and promoting social cohesion.
What is Functinalism
400
where stigmatized individuals follow an orientation away from mainstream society and toward new standards that value their group identity.
What is in-group orientation
400
many criminals get this feeling while doing a crime
What is rush
400
crime committed by a high status individual in the course of her or his occupation.
What is white collar crime
400
an approach to punishment that emphasizes retaliation or revenge for the crime as the appropriate goal.
What is Retribution
400
believe that a society’s inequalities are reproduced in its definitions of deviance, so that less powerful groups are more likely to be deemed deviant and criminalized.
What is Conflict theorists
500
a process by which an individual self-identifies as deviant and initiates his or her own labeling process.
What is deviance avowal
500
the question sociologists ask when trying to figure out why they committed a crime
What is in the person's background to make them act this way or how did this act make them feel
500
an approach to punishment that seeks to protect society from criminals by imprisoning or executing them
What is Incapacitation
500
theories of deviance focus on how interactions shape definitions and meaning of deviance and influence those who engage in deviant behavior