chapter 7 vocab

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Across
  1. 3. a repetition of,or return to, criminal behavior
  2. 4. Criminal _______ system, a system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
  3. 7. a social condition where norms are weak,conflicting,or absent
  4. 9. social _________, rewards/punishments to encourage conformity
  5. 11. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
  6. 13. ________ theory, the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant.
  7. 15. behavior that departs from societal/group norms
  8. 16. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
  9. 18. _________ deviance, deviance in which an individual's life and identity are organised around breaking society's norms.
  10. 21. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison
  11. 23. _______ deviance, deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle of self-concept.
  12. 24. ____________ association theory, the theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms in which they are exposed
Down
  1. 1. an undesirable label that is used to deny a deviant social acceptance
  2. 2. someone who breaks significant group/societal norms
  3. 5. ______ theory, the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
  4. 6. ________ deviance, behavior that under-conforms to accepted norms
  5. 8. social _______, ways to encourage conformity to society's norms
  6. 10. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
  7. 12. an act committed in violation of the law
  8. 14. _____-______ crime, job-related crimes committed by high-status people
  9. 17. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts.
  10. 19. the process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
  11. 20. ________ deviance, behavior that overconforms to social expectations
  12. 22. _______ theory, the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society.