Deviance Flashcards
Crime
The violation of a society’s formally enacted law
Social control
Attempts by society to regulate people’s thoughts and behavior
Criminal justice system
Organizations -police, courts, and prison officials- that respond to alleged violations of the law
Labeling theory
The idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions
Stigma
A powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person’a self concept and social identity
Medicalization of deviance
The transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition
White-collar crime
Crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations
Corporate crime
The illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf
Organized crime
A business supplying illegal goods an services
Hate crime
A criminal act against a person or a person’s property by an offender motivated by race or other bias
Deviance
The recognized violation of cultural norms
