Across
- 3. actions- murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault-involving force or the threat of force against others
- 6. the proposition deviance is a socially constructed process in which social control agencies designate certain people as deviant and they, in turn, come to accept the label placed upon them and begin to act accordingly
- 9. the process that occurs when a person who has been labeled a deviant accepts that new identity and continues the deviant behavior
- 10. any action designed to deprive a person of things of value because of some offense the person is thought to have committed
- 11. local, state and federal agencies that enforce laws, adjudicate crimes and treat and rehabilitate criminals
- 14. crimes involving willing exchange of illegal goods or services among adults
- 15. illegal activities committed by people in the course of their employment or financial affairs
- 19. illegal or unethical crime involving the usurpation of power by government officials or illegal/unethical acts perpetrated against the government by outsiders seeking to make a political statement, undermine the government, or overthrow it
Down
- 1. the proposition that people feel strain when they are exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to obtain because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals
- 2. illegal acts committed by corporate employees on behalf of the corporation and with its support
- 4. the initial act of rule breaking
- 5. burglary-(breaking into private property to commit a serious crime, motor vehicle theft, larceny-theft(theft of property worth $50 or more, and arson
- 7. deviance that occurs when a person who has been labeled a deviant seeks to normalize the behavior by relabeling it as nondeviant
- 8. a violation of law or the commission of status offense by young people
- 11. behavior that violates criminal law and is punishable with fines, jail time and/or other negative sanctions
- 12. the proposition that the probability of deviant behavior increases when a person's ties to society are weakened
- 13. illegal acts committed by criminals on the internet including FBI-related scams, identity theft
- 16. calculate, unlawful use of physical force or threats of violence against the persons or property in order to intimidate or coerce a government, organization, or individual for the purpose of gaining some political, religious, economic, or social objective
- 17. the systematic study of crime and the criminal justice system, including the police, courts and prisons
- 18. systematic practices that social groups develop in order to encourage conformity to norms, rules, and laws and to discourage deviance