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| the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will |
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| When two offenses occur in a single incident (burglary, robbery) crime statistics only record to ‘highest’ offense- (Robbery) |
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| Young men of color (12-25), old people, poor people, and native american women |
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| recidivism rate (chance they'll be back in prison) |
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| Behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group. |
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| An act of deviance that violates criminal law |
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| the systematic practices that social groups develop in order to encourage conformity to norms, rules, laws and to discourage deviance |
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| External mechanisms of social control |
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| refer to societal pressures to conform to the rules. |
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| (family, Criminal justice system, court system, prisons) that exercise social control |
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| crime results from the joint condition of rapid social change and lack of social integration |
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| 3 Deviance/functionalism functions |
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1. Clarifies rules
2. Unites a group
3. Promotes social change. |
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| circumstances that provide an opportunity for people to acquire through illegitimate activities 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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| Deviance is a socially constructed process in which social control agencies designate certain people as deviants |
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| 3 types of deviance under labeling theory |
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Primary deviant - initial act (shoplifting, drugs)
Secondary deviance - accept the label of deviant- play the role
tertiary deviance- normalize the behavior by rejecting the definition of deviant act NORML |
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| marginalized persons who are considered dangerous to elites |
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| members of stigmatized groups who are costly to society- welfare recipients |
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poor punished more- tougher sentences.
poor most likely commit crimes against other poor people.
therefore, when poor are victimized, toughest sentences are handed-out |
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