Deviance and Crime Flashcards

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connections with others

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Attachment- Control Theory

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Agreement on common values in society.

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Belief- Control Theory

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Investments in the community

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Commitment- Control Theory

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Pursues their goal in a socially acceptable way.

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Conformity in Strain Theory

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Attachment, commitment, involvement and beliefs.

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Control theory’s social bonds that connect us in a community:

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Social control is directly affected by the strength of social bonds and that deviance results from a feeling of disconnection from society.

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Control Theory: Travis Hirschi- SI

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in charge with supervising individuals who have been arrested, convicted, and sentenced for a criminal offense.

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Corrections system

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is a system that has the authority to make decisions based on law.

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Court

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behavior that violates official laws and is punishable by formal sanctions.

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Crime

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Conformity to the prevailing cultural norms of lower-class society causes crime.

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Cultural Deviance Theory- Functionalism

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is a violation of established contextual, cultural or social norms, whether they’re folkways, mores, or codified law.

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Deviance

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Individuals learn deviant behavior from those close to them, who provides models and opportunities of deviance.

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Edwin Sutherland: Differential association- SI

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needed for a successful society. It challenges previous views.

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Emile Durkheim believes Deviance is- ( Functionalism)

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Officially recognized and enforced norm violations.

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Formal sanctions

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attacks based on a person’s race, religion, or other characteristics .

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Hate crime

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Face-to-face interactions

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Informal Sanctions

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Uses criminal/deviant means to accomplish their goals

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Innovation in Strain Theory?

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participation in socially legitament activities.

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Involvement- Control Theory

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examines the ascribing of a deviant behavior to another person by members of society.

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Labeling Theory- SI

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maintain social control throughout laws, which are rules adopted and enforced by political authority.

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Legal Codes

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The access to socially acceptable goals plays a part in determining whether a person deviates or conforms.

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Merton’s Strain Theory Functionalism

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involve the destruction or theft of property but do not use the threat of force

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Nonviolent Crimes

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A civil force in charge of enforcing laws and public order at a federal, state, or community level.

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Police

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Offenses that hold no damage to your character, and are often temporary.

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Primary Deviance (Parking Tickets)

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Replacing Society’s goals with your own.

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Rebellion in Strain Theory?

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Rejecting society’s goals and means.

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Retreatism in Strain Theory?

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Reinforce social order.

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Sanctions

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Offenses that damages your character, and are often permanent.

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Secondary Deviance (Murder)

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a collection of data gathered using voluntary methods such as questionnaires or telephone interview.

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A Self-Report Study

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The regulation and enforcement of norms

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Social control

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Social Control’s underlying goal

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to maintain social order

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Crime is more likely to occur in communities with weak social ties and lack of social control

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Social Disorganization Theory-Functionalism

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An arrangement of practices and behaviors in which society’s members base their daily lives.

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Social Order

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offenses committed by ordinary people against other people or organizations, usually in public spaces.
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Street Crime

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where the perpetrator is not explicitly harming another person.

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Victim-less crime

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based on the use or force or the threat of force

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violent crimes

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What are the five paths to fill the gap of Merton’s theory?

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Conform, Innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion

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Lowers goals in order to accomplish them in a socially acceptable way.

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What is ritualism in Strain Theory?-