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| bahavior that violates significant social norms |
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| a mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society |
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| social scientists who study criminal behavior |
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| views deviance as the natural outgrowth of the values,norms, and structure of a society |
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| the situation that arises when the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable |
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| deviance is a natural occurence; conformity |
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| cultural transmission theory |
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| deviance is a learned behavior through interaction with others |
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| concept that refers to the frequency and closeness of associations a person has with deviant and nondeviant individuals |
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| techniques of neutralization |
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| techniques learned through the process of social interaction, act as a block on the controls that discourage deviant behavior |
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| focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant |
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| nonconformity that goes undetected by those in authority |
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| results in the individual being labeled as deviant and accepting the label as true |
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| the process of labeling an individual - public setting (trial) where the individual is denounced, found guilty and given the new identity of deviant |
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| any act that is labeled as such by those of authority, is prohibited by law, and is punishable by the government |
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| the threat or actual use of violence to achieve political goals |
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| offenses committed by individuals of high social status in the course of their professional lives |
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| a large-scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice or business through violence or the threat of violence |
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| crimes fall under the jurisdiction of this system after they have been reported; police, courts & corrections |
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| the police's power to determine who is actually arrested |
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| assuming that nonwhite americans are more likely to commit crime than white americans |
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| the process of legal negotiation that allows an accused person to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for a lighter sentence |
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| sanctions - such as imprisonment, parole & probation |
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| repeated criminal behavior |
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