Terms and Definitions
Behavior that violates social norms.
What is deviance?
Reject the goal and the means but instead of detaching, disrupting the system
What is rebellion?
Functionalist who believed deviance is a necessary part of a successful society
Who was Emile Durkheim?
Expansion of imprisonment
What is mass incarceration?
An act of deviance that violates written law
What is crime?
A short period of intense concern over an issue
What is a moral panic?
Fixing the little things to prevent major crimes from taking place
What is Broken Window Theory?
Any crime carried out by force
What is violent crime?
These norms are the least serious and are dependent on customs, traditions, and etiquette.
What are folkways?
Culture, values, and social agreement create these expectations.
What are norms?
Not everyone has the same opportunity to react in deviant ways.
What is Opportunity Theory?
The origins of this institution come from hunting escaped enslaved people.
What is policing?
More seriously protected norms that reflect the moral and values of a social group.
What are mores?
Sociologist who developed Strain Theory
Who was Robert K. Merton?
States that a mismatch between goals and resources can result in stress that leads to deviance.
What is Strain Theory?
a group of people that are linked together in a specific way
What is a social network?
Leads to societal rejection of "undesirable" characteristics.
What is the effect of stigmas?
Theories that focus on potential social purposes that deviance serves.
What are functionalist theories of deviance?
Deviance isn’t necessarily about the act itself, but is negotiated socially through reactions
What is Labelling Theory?
corporate unethical acts or business practices.
What is a White-Collar crime?