Deviance
Behavior that varies from the accepted standard of normal behavior in society
What is deviance?
The breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a punishment
What is crime?
Power is held by the Bourgeois and laws are used to help them keep power and control the masses
This constitutional amendment bans slavery except for use for punishment of a crime.
What is the 13th Amendment?
A study by William Chambliss where he followed two groups of high school students that partook in deviant behavior to see the impact of labeling on their lives.
What is "The Saints and the Roughnecks?"
All crimes reported to and recorded by the police
What is police recorded crime?
This theory states that crime is inevitable and is, in fact, a good thing for society.
What is functionalism?
The United States makes up just 5% of the world’s population, yet we contain _______ of the world’s prison population.
What is 25%?
Deviance is bound to happen, even in a society of__________
What is Saints?
Financially motivated nonviolent crime committed by business and government officials
What is white collar crime?
Crime increases when the bonds attaching the individual to society weaken
What is social control theory?
This was the name given to a violent crackdown on use of illegal substances beginning during the Reagan presidency.
What is the War on Drugs?
Whether or not an act is deviant depends on the society in which the act takes place, the historical period, and the actors present.
What is context dependent deviancy?
Most sociologists agree that crime is a ________ because people in society decide what is law-breaking behavior
What is social construct?
Crime is a result of a ‘strain’ to achieve success but not having opportunities to do so
What is Merton's Strain Theory of Deviance?
This film was responsible for the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States.
What is Birth of a Nation?
Give two examples of context dependent deviancy in the history of the United States.
What is ______ (any number of examples)
Give three examples of context dependent crimes in the history of the United States.
What is _______ (any number of examples?)
Using socially unapproved or unconventional means to obtain culturally approved goals (according to Merton's Strain Theory)
What is innovation?