Vocab
The violation of norms
What is Deviance
People who associate with some groups learn an "excess of definitions" of deviance
What is Differential association theory
People accept the cultural goals and the institutionalized means to reach them
What is conformity
The common response to deviance in the U.S.
What is prison
They won Super Bowl 54
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs
Inborn tendencies
What is genetic predisposition
The idea that two control systems inner controls and outer controls work against our tendencies to deviate
What is control theory
People who use illegitimate means to reach the goals of society
What are innovators
Crimes like selling drugs and mugging are examples of this
What is street crimes
This is the speech that the president gives to congress
What is the State of the Union Address
Ways of thinking or rationalizing that help people deflect society's norms
What is Techniques of neutralization
The view that labels people are given affect their own and others' perceptions of them
What is labeling theory
People who become discouraged and give up on achieving cultural goals
What are ritualism
Crimes committed by people of respectable and high social status
What is white-collar crime
A type of primary where voters divide into groups to choose a candidate for president
What is a caucus
The Objectives held out as legitimate or desirable for the members of a society to achieve
What are cultural goals
When people feel as though they have to commit crimes to be successful
What is strain theory
People who reject both the cultural goals and institutionalized means of achieving them
What is retreatism
The proportion of released convicts who are rearrested
What is recidivism
A collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
What is a language family
Approved ways of reaching cultural goals
What are Institutionalized means
Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life
What is illegitimate opportunity structure
People convinced that their society is corrupt
What is rebellion
The death penalty
What is capital punishment
This is the new football league in the U.S.
What is the XFL