Deviance

acts committed in violation of the law

• deviance

• retribution

• crime

• stigma

system comprising of institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes

• secondary deviance

• criminal justice system

• differential association theory

• social sanctions

discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment

• recidivism

• rehabilitation

• deterrance

• incarceration

behavior that departs from societal or group norms

• crime

• stigma

• deviant

• deviance

a person who breaks significant societal or group norms

• stigma

• criminal

• deviant

• inmate

theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to

• labeling theory

• strain theory

• control theory

• differential association theory

a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison

• primary deviance

• retribution

• incarceration

• rehabilitation

theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant

• labeling theory

• control theory

• strain theory

• social control

involves occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept

• primary deviance

• secondary deviance

• victim discounting

• white collar crime

a repetition of or return to criminal behavior

• retribution

• recidivism

• stigma

• deterrance