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Key Vocab Flashcards

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  1. Crime
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Breaking of criminal law

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  1. Deviance
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Breaking social norms. Societal deviance- deviant by most. Situational deviance- deviant to certain contexts

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  1. Social construction
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Social phenomena- not naturally occurring but created by society in which its found

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  1. Social order
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Society is ordered, runs smoothly and feee from disruption

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  1. Social control
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Conform to social norms. Informal agents of social control (family). Formal agents of social control (police).

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  1. Sanctions
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Positive = rewards. Negative= punishment

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