Chapter 8

Question 0

Criminalization

Answer 0

Official definition of an act of deviance as a crime

Question 1

Absolutism

Answer 1

Approach to defining deviance that rests on eh assumption that all human behavior can be considered either inherently good or inherently bad

Question 2

Deterrence theory

Answer 2

Theory of deviance positing that people will be prevented from engaging in a deviant act if they judge the costs of such an act to outweigh its benefits

Question 3

Deviance

Answer 3

Behavior, ideas, or attributes of an individual or group that some people in society find offensive

Question 4

Labeling theory

Answer 4

Theory stating that deviance is the consequence of the application of rules and sanctions to an offender; a deviant is an individual to whom the identity “deviant” has been successfully applied

Question 5

Medicalization

Answer 5

Definition of behavior as a medical problem, mandating the medical profession to provide some kind of treatment for it

Question 6

Relativism

Answer 6

Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgements and ideas