Vocab
Perspectives
Crime
Theorists
Random
100
behavior that violates significant social norms
What is deviance
100
individuals who commit acts of this they don't see themselves as deviant and neither does society
What is primary deviance
100
is any act that is labeled as such by those in authority and is prohibited by law
What is crime
100
views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society
What is strain theory
100

The average amount it costs taxpayers to house a prisoner per year. 

$40,000

200
enforcing norms through internal and external means
What is social control
200
refers to deviance as a lifestyle and results in the individual being labeled as deviant and believing in the label
What is secondary deviance
200

activities of individuals and groups that supply illegal goods and services for profit. includes drug trafficking, loan sharking, gambling, hijacking..

What is organized crime 

200
explains deviance as a natural occurrence
What is control theory
200

Emile Durkheim's term to describe the condition in which people are unsure how to behave because of conflicting or absent social norms 

anomie 

300
a mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society
What is stigma
300
it serves positive functions, such as clarifying social norms as well as negative ones
What is functionalist perspective
300

Deviance provides what functions to society? provide 2 

affirms cultural values , temporary safety valves, bolsters the economy, can create social change. 

300

people learn deviance through interaction, especially with significant others.

Differential association theory 

300
a study on two groups of delinquent teenage boys was called
What is the Saints and the Roughnecks
400
is a reward or punishment given by a formal organization or regulatory agency, such as a school, business, or government
What is formal sanction
400
is a result of competition and social inequality
What is conflict perspective
400
once a crime has been committed and reported, it falls under the jurisdiction of the
What is criminal-justice system
400
focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant
What is labeling theory
400

Provide three of Merton's strain theory adaptations. 

Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, Rebellion

Conformity 

500
is a spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or a group
What is informal sanction
500
interaction among individuals influences deviance
What is interactionalist perspective
500

violation of social norms and laws are responsibility of the disease or condition not the Individual. 

Medicalization of Deviance 

500
who made the strain theory
What is Robert K. Merton
500
this country has 25 percent of the world's prisoners
America
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