Across
- 3. an act committed in violation of the law
- 4. the act of breaking or discarding something, usually a rule or norm
- 9. reliability; resistance to sudden change
- 12. behavior that overconforms to social expectations
- 15. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison
- 16. only occasional breaking of norms
- 17. behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
- 18. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
- 20. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
- 23. the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
- 24. ways to encourage conformity to society’s norms
- 25. an undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
- 26. deviance that becomes a lifestyle and part of an individual’s identity
- 27. pertaining to a racial, religious, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is a part
Down
- 1. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts
- 2. a system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal status
- 5. behavior that departs from societal or group norms
- 6. the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
- 7. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms
- 8. a repetition of, or return to, criminal behavior
- 10. the theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms to which they are exposed
- 11. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
- 13. suitability; correctness
- 14. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
- 19. job-related crimes committed by high-status people
- 21. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
- 22. the process of changing or reforming criminals through socialization