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behavior that violates significant social norms
What is deviance
100
individuals who commit acts of this they don't see themselves as deviant and neither does society
What is primary deviance
100
is any act that is labeled as such by those in authority and is prohibited by law
What is crime
100
views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society
What is strain theory
100
According to the FBI violent crime occurs every
22 seconds
200
enforcing norms through internal and external means
What is social control
200
refers to deviance as a lifestyle and results in the individual being labeled as deviant and believing in the label
What is secondary deviance
200
is a large-scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice of legitimate business through violence or the threat of violence
What is crime syndicate
200
explains deviance as a natural occurrence
What is control theory
200
this is the first country to get rid of the death penalty
Venezuela
300
a mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society
What is stigma
300
it serves positive functions, such as clarifying social norms as well as negative ones
What is functionalist perspective
300
sanctions used to punish criminals are called
What is sanctions
300
deviance as a behavior learned in much the same way that nondeviant behavior is learned-through interactions with others
What is cultural transmission theory
300
a study on two groups of delinquent teenage boys was called
What is the Saints and the Roughnecks
400
is a reward or punishment given by a formal organization or regulatory agency, such as a school, business, or government
What is formal sanction
400
is a result of competition and social inequality
What is conflict perspective
400
once a crime has been committed and reported, it falls under the jurisdiction of the
What is criminal-justice system
400
focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant
What is labeling theory
400
the classification of robbery is in
What is part one offenses
500
is a spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or a group
What is informal sanction
500
interaction among individuals influences deviance
What is interactionalist perspective
500
Edwin Sutherland coined this term
What is white-collar crime
500
who made the strain theory
What is Robert K. Merton
500
this country has 25 percent of the world's prisoners
America