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| Any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society of group. |
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| Inappropriate dress is an act of... |
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| property crime order of frequency |
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| Larceny; Burglary; Motor theft; Arson; |
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| Violent crime order of frequency |
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| use of force; aggravated assault; Robbery; Criminal Homicide; manslaughter by negligence; forcible rape |
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| the willful nonnegligent killing of one human being by another. i.e. texting and driving. Every 21 minutes |
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| when two offenses occur in a single incident (burglary, robbery) crime statistics only record to ‘highest’ offense- (Robbery) only exception is when a motor vehicle is involved. |
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| Incarceration trend least to highest |
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| Young men of color, older people, poor people, and native american women. |
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| People feel strain when they are exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to attain because they lack access to the culturally approved means of achieving those goals. |
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| circumstances that provide an opportunity for people to acquire through illegitimate actives what they cannot achieve through legitimate channels. |
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| people have a greater tendency to deviate from societal norms when they frequently associate with individuals who are more favorable toward deviance than conformity. |
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| Social control/social bonding theory |
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| probability of deviance increases as a person’s ties to society weaken. |
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| Functionalism on deviance |
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| Every society has to have deviance, crime results from the joint condition of rapid social change and lack of social integration, or anomie- state of weakened norms |
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1.Clarifies rules
2.Unites a groups
3.Promotes social change |
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| deviance is a socially constructed process in which social control agencies designate certain people as deviants |
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| initial act (shoplifting, drugs) |
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| accept the label of deviant- play the role |
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| normalize the behavior by rejecting the definition of deviant act NORML (E.g. criminal record) |
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