Crime and Deviance - Vocabulary

The theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant.

• Conflict Theory

• Labeling Theory

• Fundamentalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

A social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent.

• Conflict

• Unstable

• Anomie

• Anarchy

An undesirable label used to deny a deviant social acceptance.

• Stigma

• Negative Label

• Stereotype

• Slander

Behavior that departs from societal or group norms.

• Negative Behavior

• Positive Behavior

• Deviance

• Dishonesty

Behavior that over-conforms to social expectations.

• Overcompensation

• Negative Deviance

• Desperation

• Positive Deviance

Only occasional breaking of norms.

• Primary Deviance

• Secondary Deviance

• Tertiary Deviance

• Quaternary Deviance

A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison.

• Imprisonment

• Incarceration

• Caging

• Monitoring

A person who breaks significant societal or group norms.

• Trouble Maker

• Unlawful

• Deviant

• Ignorant

The theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society.

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Fundamentalism

• Control Theory

A repetition of, or return to, criminal behavior.

• Revisit

• Retribution

• Recidivism

• Reoccurance