Functionalist Theories
This is a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting or absent
What is anomie?
This view of theory focuses on the very small aspects of society.
What is the micro?
This theory claims deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve these goals legitimately
What is strain theory?
This involves society’s power to limit deviance by enforcing conformity to expected norms and values.
What is social control?
This refers to when two people break a norm, only one of them is designated deviant
What is labeling theory?
Crime control in which the goal is to make criminals productive members of society.
What is rehabilitation?
Name one of the 4 factors affecting the strength of social bonds with regard to Control Theory
What are involvement, commitment, belief, or attachment?
This concept describes our tendency to yield to the norms of our peers.
What is conformity?
This is is a learning theory of deviance that suggests people learn criminal behavior through their interactions with others.
What is Differential Association Theory?
This theorist claimed that social bonds, when strong, would mitigate the degree of deviance in society.
Who is Travis Hirschi?
This concept involves yielding to someone in a position of authority.
What is obedience?
Term for most powerful agents of socialization, important for considering learned deviance
What are significant others?
This is one of Merton's 4 deviant responses to "Strain."
What is innovation, rebellion, ritualism, or retreatism?
This theorist was interested in people's likelihood of shocking an old man if an authority figure told them to.
Who is Stanley Milgram?
This type of deviance occurs when a person’s self-concept and behavior begin to change after his or her actions are labeled as deviant by members of society.
What is secondary deviance?
This is the 3 components of the Criminal Justice System.
What are police, the courts and prisons?