Unacceptable Behavior
People who commit unacceptable social behaviors may be _______ for a period of time to punish the law breaker while protecting society from harm.
Incarcerated
This is behavior that departs from social norms. It ranges from less serious acts to the most serious of crimes.
Deviance
This term describes all of us. Because all of us have broken some of the less serious social norms.
Primary Deviance
Members of this group own similar amounts of resources and they share values, norms and a similar lifestyle.
Social Class
The use of illegal means to achieve success in society.
Innovation
A person that breaks social norms may encounter this institution which enforces our criminal statutes.
criminal justice system
This term describes behavior that does not live up to the standards that are established by the members of society. One is not living up to expectations.
Negative Deviance
This is an undesirable trait or label used to characterize some members of a society.
Stigma
Respect and admiration that are given to certain social positions.
Prestige
Under this social system a person is permanently tied to the social class of their birth.
caste system
This term describes the ways in which a society discourages bad behaviors by threatening harsh punishments.
Deterrence
These are rewards and punishments that are used by societies to encourage conformity to social norms.
Social Sanctions
Examples of this include Insider Trading, Embezzlement, and Bribery.
White Collar Crime
The _____ suggests that inequality exists because certain members are willing to exploit others.
Conflict Theory
This term describes a change in occupations but there is not a change in one's social class.
Horizontal Mobility
Societies inflict punishments on criminals to make them pay harsh prices for their crimes. Making criminals pay for their bad acts is known as _______.
Retribution
An example would be cheating on the ACT Exam to get into the school of your dreams.
Positive Deviance
A person is called a ___ they commit serious criminal behaviors and their lifestyle and identity are organized around breaking societies norms.
Secondary Deviant
You are in your 20s. You meet a person for the first time and you ask them, what do you do? This is an example of _____.
Social Stratification
A warehouse worker works two jobs to put his child through medical school. His daughter would soon be earning over $250,000 per year. This is an example of ___.
Intergenerational Mobility
Many people believe that law enforcement will work harder to solve crimes that involve the upper classes while working less to solve crimes that involve the poor. This is an example of ______.
Victim Discounting
This term describes an unusual situation in a society in which the members of a society are unsure of the norms. The normal rules are weak or in conflict.
Anomie
It suggests that the more children are exposed to criminal acts the more likely they to commit criminal acts in the future.
Differential Association Theory
This term suggests that the less powerful classes of a society adopt the ideas of the most powerful social class. ( Work hard and don't ask questions)
False Consciousness
A member of society is convinced that they will never be very successful. So they may actual drop out of mainstream society.
Retreatism