Across
- 4. an undesirable label that is used to deny a deviant social acceptance
- 6. reliability; resistance to sudden change
- 7. the theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms in which they are exposed
- 10. one's business or profession
- 11. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms
- 13. job-related crimes committed by high-status people
- 14. a descriptive term or identification
- 16. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
- 17. an act committed in violation of the law
- 21. a system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
- 22. behavior that departs from societal or group norms
- 23. to quote as an authoritative source
- 26. a repetition of, or return to, criminal behavior
- 28. ways to encourage conformity to society's norms
- 30. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
- 31. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
- 32. the opposite of what was previously stated
- 33. an idea
Down
- 1. behavior that overconforms to social expectations
- 2. the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
- 3. the process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
- 4. deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms
- 5. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison
- 8. behavior that under-conforms to accepted norms
- 9. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
- 12. suitability; correctness
- 15. deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept
- 18. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts
- 19. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
- 20. pertaining to a racial, religious, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is a part
- 24. the act of breaking or discarding
- 25. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
- 27. to do, perform, or perpetrate
- 29. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment