Crime and Deviance
Social Stratification
Random Sociology Questions
Perspectives and Theories
Vocab
100

A crime such as Vehicle theft would be considered what?

Property Crime

100

What social class is 14% of the population and has the most financial freedom?

Upper Class

100

A belief that something is good or valuable. It defines what is acceptable.

A value

100

This theory views that the lower class commits acts seen as deviant because they have less opportunities

Conflict Perspective

100

another name for imprisonment is called? 

Incapacitation

200

People under the age of 18 have few rights and are not protected with the adult standard. what is another name for this justice system?

Juvenile Justice System

200

What social class makes on average $50,000 average income a year

Middle Class

200

The scientific study of human society and social interaction.

Sociology 

200

People who occasionally violate norms. this is called  ______ Deviance

Primary

200

Exploited from everything

Shunning

300

A crime committed in the course of your job is called

White-collar crime

300

Each layer of a social class is called

Social Class

300

a position an individual inherits at birth or receives involuntarily

Ascribed Status

300

Deviance is the natural outgrowth of the values, norms and the structure of society. What perspective is this?

Functionalist Theory

300

You will become what you have been told to become

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

400

What is it called when deviance is bad in the moment but later seen necessary? 

Positive Deviance

400
A class that is poor, unemployed, and has a family history of usually not working. what class is this?

Under Class

400

What is the name of a group that goes against the norms of mainstream culture

Counterculture

400

What is the theory that states "Deviance is learned from interactions with others" 

Cultural Transmission Theory 

400

Another name for the death penalty

Retribution

500

Murder, Rape, Assault and Robbery are example of what kind of crime?

Violent Crime

500

The theory that states when you are labelled deviant you live up to it

Social interactionist

500

Who is Auguste Comte?

The Founder Of Sociology

500

A type of deviance when the person accepts their label as deviant and makes in a lifestyle. What do we call this?

Secondary Deviance 

500

What is the term for the "odd one out" or someone or something that doesn't belong

Black Sheep

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