Chapter 7 vocab
Across
- 4. ways to encourage conformity to society's norms
- 6. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
- 8. deviance that becomes a lifestyle and part if and individuals identity
- 10. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
- 11. an undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
- 13. a repetition of, or return to criminal behavior
- 15. only occasional breaking of norms
- 19. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in person
- 22. behavior that departs from societal or group norms
- 23. the process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
Down
- 1. the theory that individuals learn deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
- 2. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
- 3. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
- 5. an act committed in violation of the law
- 7. behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
- 8. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
- 9. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
- 12. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for financial damage caused by their acts
- 14. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
- 16. the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
- 17. job-related crimes committed by high-status people
- 18. a system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal status
- 20. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms
- 21. behavior that overconforms to social expectations