Crime and Deviance
Any act that goes against the norms and values of society but may not be illegal.
Deviance
This theory focuses on the idea that individuals create meaning through social interactions and shared symbols.
Symbolic interactionism
This research method involves the researcher joining a group to observe them from the inside.
Participant Observation
This 1990 film follows a young boy who is accidentally left at home while his family goes on vacation.
Home Alone
The amount of days in 1 year
365
This term, introduced by Stanley Cohen, refers to an exaggerated social reaction to certain groups or behaviors.
Moral Panic
This perspective focuses on rapid social change, uncertainty, and the fragmentation of identity in the modern world.
Postmodernism
An interpretativists main goal is to achieve what?
Validty / Verstehen
What small green vegetable is hidden in the Christmas tree? Whoever finds it first gets a special gift in German tradition
Pickle
The year that World War 2 ended
1945
This occurs when a person internalizes a criminal label, leading them to commit further deviant acts, as proposed by Becker.
Self-fulling prophecy OR secondary deviance
This theorist argued that capitalism promotes a "dual burden" for women, where they are responsible for both paid work and unpaid domestic labor.
Ann Oakly
A key strength of participant observation is that it provides high validity. What is one major limitation?
Lacks reliability
This mischievous character is known for sitting on shelves and "reporting back to Santa."
Elf on the Shelf
The closest planet to the sun.
Mercury
This sociologist argued that working-class boys form delinquent subcultures due to status frustration.
Cohen
This feminist approach emphasizes how women are subordinated in both the private (home) and public (work) spheres.
Radical Feminist
This is the process of making abstract concepts (like 'deviance' or 'crime') measurable and observable.
Operationalising
This old-timey character comes to life when a magical hat is placed on his head.
Frosty the snowman
The capital of Portugal
Lisbon
This theory highlights the importance of bonds to society (e.g., attachment, commitment, involvement, belief) in preventing crime.
Hirschi
This theorist introduced the concept of the "looking-glass self," where individuals shape their identity based on how others perceive them.
Cooley
This method of sampling selects every nth person from a list to ensure an unbiased sample.
Systematic sampling
In Japan, it’s a popular Christmas tradition to eat this fast-food meal on Christmas Day.
KFC
This person wrote a 'Christmas Carol'.
Charles Dickens