Trey Tressler - Sociology chapter 7 vocab

2. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts
4. an act committed in violation of the law
9. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
11. the theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms in which they are exposed
12. a system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
14. behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
16. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
17. an undesirable label that is used to deny a deviant social acceptance
19. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
20. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison
22. job-related crimes committed by high-status people
24. deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept

1. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
3. the process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
5. Merton's theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
6. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
7. a repayment; a deserved punishment
8. behavior that over conforms to social expectations
10. deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms
13. ways to encourage conformity to societies norms
15. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
18. behavior that departs from societal or group norms
21. a repetition of or return to criminal behavior
23. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms