Social Control
Teachers give students good grades for good work
What is a positive sanction
Stealing or intentionally damaging somone's property
What is property crime?
Behavior that violates significant social norms
What is Deviance?
Any act that is labeled as such by those in authority and is prohibited by law
What is Crime?
Spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by the individual or group
What is informal sanctions?
Costs the US more than 300 billion a year
What is White-Collar Crime?
Deviance is natural outgrowth of the values, norms and structure of society.
What is strain theory ?
Nudity, Taking A life, Stealing, etc... are all examples of ____ in our society.
What is deviance?
Reward or punishment given by a formal organization
What is formal sanctions?
Uses legitimate businesses as fronts
What is Organized Crime?
The Greeks burned marks into people if they were criminals
What is labeling deviance?
Practice of assuming that a nonwhite American is more likely to commit a crime than a white American.
What is racial profile?
Punishment or threat of punishment to enforce norms
What is a negative sanctions?
Police have power to decide who is actually arrested
What is police discretion?
An act that is considered deviant is not deviant everywhere
What is violating norms?
These do not have great moral significance.
What is Folkways?
Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations.
What is Norms?
Retribution, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, and Social Protection are all ____.
What is Functions of corrections?
Perspective views deviance as a result of competition and social inequality.
What is Conflict Perspective?
The theory that deviant behavior is learned through interaction with others