Social Status
Crime and Deviance
Social Groups
Types of Crimes
Totally Useless
Facts
100

A social position gained at birth or received involuntarily.

Ascribed status

100

A minor crime (such as petty theft or vandalizing) where you pay a fine and/or serve a short jail sentence.

A misdemeanor

100

A group where you feel you do not belong and feel a sense of hostility or competition towards them

An outgroup

100

Crimes that are committed within the workplace, like embezzlement.

Occupational crimes

100

This is the name of both a bird and a fruit.

A kiwi

200

A social position that a person receives voluntarily as a result of choice, effort, or merit.

Achieved status

200

Refers to someone's jail sentence.

Incarceration

200

People who are in the same place at the same time

Aggregate

200

If a senator accepted bribes from an oil company, what type of crime would this be?

Political crime

200

This is the national animal of Australia.

The emu

300

Material or physical signs of a person’s specific status, such as a wedding ring.

A status symbol

300

A type of gang devoted to theft and other illegal ways of gaining income.

A criminal gang

300

A group that a strongly influences a person’s behavior and social attitudes

A reference group

300

Crime that involves business operations that supply illegal goods/services for profit

Organizational crime

300

This is the name of the legendary man-killing sea-monster.

The kraken

400

Includes social positions and the relationships between them

Social structure

400

A system of criminal justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community.

Restorative justice

400

A web of social relationships that links one person with other people, and then through other people they know

A network
400

All violent crime, property crime, and some moral crimes are included in this crime category.

Conventional (or street) crime

400

What nut can be found in dynamite?

Peanuts

500

Behavior expectations associated with a specific social status.

A role

500

A phrase referring to the reduction of criminal activities by instilling fear of punishment

General deterrence 

500

The process of keeping or changing a behavior to comply with norms created by a group

Conformity

500

Serious crimes (such as murder or armed robbery) where the punishment ranges from a long jail term or death sentence

A felony

500

In 2023, which vehicle brand sold the most units in America?

Ford

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