chapter 7

2. society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
3. job related crimes committed by high status people
4. individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms to which they are exposed
7. system comprising institutions and processes responsible of enforcing criminal statutes
9. process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
11. social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
15. deviant behavior that under conforms to accepted norms
18. that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals
19. way to encourage conforming to society’s norms
22. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
23. behavior that departs from societal norms
24. deviance that becomes a lifestyle

1. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
5. protecting society by keeping criminals in prison
6. changing/reforming a criminal through socialization
8. an undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
10. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts
12. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
13. deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
14. deviant acts that are only occasional breaking of the norms
16. deviant behavior that over conforms to social expectation
17. person who breaks significant societal or group
20. an act committed in violation of the law
21. a repetition of ,or return to, criminal behavior