Sociology Chapter 7 Vocabulary

behavior that departs from societal/group norms

• deviance

• deterrence

• rehabilitation

• anomie

discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment

• rehabilitation

• deferrence

• deterrence

• deviance

process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization

• rehabilitation

• deviance

• criminal justice system

• social sanctions

theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals & the ability to achieve these goals by legitimate means

• strain theory

• labeling theory

• differential association theory

• control theory

crimes committed by high-status people

• white-collar crimes

• blue-collar crimes

• pink-collar crimes

• deviance

ways to promote conformity to norms

• secondary deviance

• social control

• social sanctions

• positive deviance

method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison

• incarceration

• criminal justice system

• deviant

• recidivism

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

• differential association theory

• strain theory

• control theory

• labeling theory

deviance in which an individual's life & identity are organized around breaking society's norms

• positive deviance

• stigma

• primary deviance

• secondary deviance

acts committed in violation of the law

• crime

• stigma

• criminal justice system

• victim discounting