Chapter 8 Deviance Flashcards
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what is Criminology?
Is the study of crime and the criminal justice system.
Example: police, courts, and prison
who said that Deviance is a natural and inevitable part of all societies?
Emile Durkheim: a French Sociologist
What are universal functions of deviance in society?
To balance out society and to promote society changes.
Define strain theory?
developed by Robert K. Merton, argued that society may be set up in a way that encourages too much deviance.
Robert Merton: believed there was a disjunction between socially approved means to success and legitimate cultural goals.
Define labeling theory?
An approach to the study of deviance that suggests that people become “deviant” because certain labels are attached to their behavior by political authorities and others. Said by Howard Becker: acts are deviant or criminal because they have been labeled as such.
Define conflict theory?
Argument that deviance is deliberately chosen and often political in nature.
Define social bond theory ?
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According to Robert Merton, in what ways do people adapt to cultural goals?
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According to Richard Clower & Lloyd Ohlin, when does deviance occur?
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Differential association is part of which perspective?
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What is the post-modernist perspective of deviance?
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Are deviant behavior and conventional behavior learned through the same process?
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According to the notes, what are examples of social bonds?
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Kingsley Davis & Wilbert E. Moore provided explanations for the benefits of stratification in society because they believed that each person filled certain roles for society to function smoothly.
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According to Max Weber, what is a state?
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What requires people to form an organization or band together in a society?
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Who can the police concept of checks and balance trace back to?
Can be trace back to Henry 1 who established a 12 person jury and dismissed the trial by ordeal to sustain, promote and preserve justice.
According to Jean Germain Gross, where does state power start from and where does it extend to?
State power starts at the center like the capital city and extend out of the periphery like the hinterland
The criminal justice system is a collection of bureaucracies.
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What did the LEAA report conclude?
Three different things are
1: it highlighted that community participation from the system was missing
2: unhealthy police and community relation
3: there is a social
What law/act established the COP office?
The in forces act of 1994
What three areas do COP focus on?
1: Problem solving
2: Community building
3: Zero tolerance
Define critical approach?
Powerful use of Law and criminal justice their own interests
Define feminist approach?
on woman deviance
