Chap 7 vocab

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Across
  1. 4. an act committed in violation processes law
  2. 5. the theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts committed
  3. 8. only occasional breaking of norms
  4. 10. an undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
  5. 11. deviance that becomes individuals and part of an individauls identity
  6. 12. the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
  7. 13. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
  8. 14. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms
  9. 16. ways to encourage conformity to society norms
  10. 18. behavior that overconforms to social expectations
  11. 19. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
  12. 20. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
Down
  1. 1. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
  2. 2. punishment
  3. 3. job-relating crimes committed by high-status people
  4. 6. a system comprising institutions and process responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
  5. 7. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
  6. 9. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
  7. 15. behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
  8. 17. behavior that departs from societal or group norms