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Behavior that violates significant social norms
Deviance
Unifying the group
Accept goals and reject norms
Innovation
Crime where physical objects are stolen or destroyed
Crime against property
Once a person is arrested they are now in the responsibility of the ______
Courts
Mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from society
Stigma
Strain theory
One of the functions of deviance: Identifying when a norm is no longer applicable and altering the norms
Promoting social change
Crime in big groups that imitate enterprises
One of the functions of corrections: revenge for the victims and society
Retribution
One of the functions of deviance: Defining the boundaries of acceptable behavior
Clarifying norms
One of the functions of deviance: When people are unhappy with their social condition and commit small acts of deviance
Diffusing tension
Crime where no one else is harmed
When police are more likely to arrest someone because they seem to be of a lower social class
Social profiling
Crime where someone else is physically harmed
violent crime
Anomie
Accept goals and accept norms
Conformity
One of the functions of deviance:creates employment for people working in social control
Providing jobs
Plea bargaining
One of the functions of corrections: Attempting to make criminals law abiding citizens once again
Rehabilitation
Reject goals and accept norms
Ritualism
Crime committed by those in high status jobs in the setting of their work
White collar crime
The choice police have to make before arresting someone
Police discretion
One of the functions of corrections: Discouraging criminals from committing crime again
Deterrence
Repeating a crime after being arrested and let go
Recidivism