Crime Unit Vocab-Bella

3. A term borrowed from Italy and widely used in Russia to describe networks of organized criminal activity that pervade both economic and governmental securities in that country as well as activities. such as the demanding of protection money, bribe taking by government officials, contract killing, and extortion.
5. A serious crime, such as murder.
8. A situation when the norms of society are unclear or no longer available.
9. to reestablish a good reputation; often used to correct a problem
10. (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
11. The death penalty.
12. (n.) a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony; any minor misbehavior or misconduct
17. the belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination
18. a violation of the law committed by a child or adolescent
19. Federal Bureau of Investigation
20. An act that violates criminal law

1. a mark of shame or discredit
2. An interpretation of the development of criminal behavior proposed by Edwin H. Sutherland, according to whom criminal behavior is learned through association with others who regularly engage in crime
4. Crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations
6. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society
7. tendency to repeat previous behavior
13. Acceptable standards of behavior within a group that are shared by the group's members.
14. An individuals conduct that violates government laws developed to protect the public
15. An approach to the study of deviance that suggests that people become "deviant" because certain labels are attached to their behavior by political authorities and others.
16. A condition of estrangement or dissociation from the surrounding society, community or world.