Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

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Across
  1. 5. an arrangement of practices and behaviors on which society’s members base their daily lives
  2. 9. the ascribing of a deviant behavior to another person by members of society
  3. 10. the regulation and enforcement of norms
  4. 15. crimes based on the use of force or the threat of force
  5. 18. codes that maintain formal social control through laws
  6. 19. crime committed by average people against other people or organizations, usually in public spaces
  7. 23. sanctions that occur in face-to-face interactions
  8. 24. a violation of contextual, cultural, or social norms
  9. 26. the system tasked with supervising individuals who have been arrested for, convicted of, or sentenced for criminal offenses
  10. 27. a behavior that violates official law and is punishable through formal sanctions
  11. 28. crimes that involve the destruction or theft of property, but do not use force or the threat of force
  12. 29. collection of data acquired using voluntary response methods, such as questionnaires or telephone interviews
  13. 30. occurs when a person’s self-concept and behavior begin to change after his or her actions are labeled as deviant by members of society
  14. 31. an organization that exists to enforce a legal code
Down
  1. 1. a civil force in charge of regulating laws and public order at a federal, state, or community level
  2. 2. a system that has the authority to make decisions based on law
  3. 3. rewards given for conforming to norms
  4. 4. theory that asserts crime occurs in communities with weak social ties and the absence of social control
  5. 6. activities against the law, but that do not result in injury to any individual other than the person who engages in them
  6. 7. a small group of wealthy and influential people at the top of society who hold the power and resources
  7. 8. a label that describes the chief characteristic of an individual
  8. 11. theory that suggests conformity to the prevailing cultural norms of lower-class society causes crime
  9. 12. a violation of norms that does not result in any long-term effects on the individual’s self-image or interactions with others
  10. 13. theory that addresses the relationship between having socially acceptable goals and having socially acceptable means to reach those goals
  11. 14. crime committed by white-collar workers in a business environment
  12. 16. punishments for violating norms
  13. 17. theory that states individuals learn deviant behavior from those close to them who provide models of and opportunities for deviance
  14. 20. sanctions that are officially recognized and enforced
  15. 21. theory that states social control is directly affected by the strength of social bonds and that deviance results from a feeling of disconnection from society
  16. 22. attacks based on a person’s race, religion, or other characteristics
  17. 25. the means of enforcing rules