Chapter 7 Sociology

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Across
  1. 1. deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept
  2. 9. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
  3. 10. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prisons
  4. 12. system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
  5. 13. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
  6. 14. involves behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
  7. 16. theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
Down
  1. 2. process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of the lower status
  2. 3. process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
  3. 4. job-related crimes committed by high-status people
  4. 5. an undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual
  5. 6. behavior that departs from societal or group norms
  6. 7. punishment intended to make criminal pay compensation for their acts
  7. 8. theory that compliance with social norms requires strong norms between individuals and society
  8. 11. a repetition of or return to criminal behavior
  9. 15. acts committed of violation of the law