Across
- 4. Crime Job-related crimes committed by high-status people
- 10. Discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
- 12. Punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
- 14. A social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
- 15. Deviance- Behavior that overconforms to accepted normas
- 16. Deviance Only occasional breaking of norms
- 17. Bahavior that departs from societal or group norms
- 18. Discounting The process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
- 19. Sanctions Rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
- 20. Theory The theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
Down
- 1. Theory The theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
- 2. Deviance Bahvior that overconforms to social expectations
- 3. Punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compenstaion to make up for the finanical damage caused by their acts
- 5. A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison
- 6. The process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
- 7. An act committed in violation of the law
- 8. Theory The theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
- 9. Deviance Deviance that becomes a lifestyle and part of an individual's identity
- 10. Association Theory The theory that individuals learn deviant acts and norms to which they are exposed
- 11. An undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
- 12. A repetition of, return to, criminal behavior
- 13. Justice System A system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
- 17. A person who breaks significant societal or group norms