Chapter 7

2. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strains of bonds between individual and society
4. behavior that overconforms to social expectations
8. an act committed in violation of the law
9. an undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
11. a social condition in which norms are weak conflicting, or absent
12. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishments
14. behavior that departs from societal or group norms
15. a system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
20. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
21. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison
22. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
23. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms

1. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the frontal damage caused by their acts
3. residuum process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
5. behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
6. the theory that an individual's identity in proportion to the number of deviant acts
7. job-related crimes committed by high-status people
9. the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
10. only occasional breaking of norms
13. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
16. ways to encourage conformity to society norms
17. repetition of or return to criminal behavior
18. deviance that becomes a lifestyle and part of an individual's identity
19. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms