Deviance, Crime & Violence

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Across
  1. 2. A feeling of falling behind while other people do better and better. Merton argued that this feeling creates strain, leading to crime.
  2. 5. Ways societies try to influence members’ behavior to maintain social order.
  3. 7. When a deviant subculture’s nearness and norms encourage and allow delinquency.
  4. 8. Group of people linked together in a specific way.
  5. 11. Norms about customs, traditions, and etiquette.
  6. 14. The expansion of imprisonment to the highest level in the world or in U.S. history.
  7. 19. Most seriously protected norms; formal (usually written) and enforced by the government.
  8. 24. Strategy to reduce crime through the design of buildings and physical space.
  9. 26. Crimes like fraud, embezzlement, and other unethical acts or business practices that are typically not carried out on the street or in public spaces and don’t use physical force.
  10. 27. Connections and attachments to people and institutions in mainstream society.
  11. 30. Functionalist theory that says delinquency is a function of opportunity and access to delinquent behavior.
  12. 31. Theft that doesn’t involve the use of direct physical force.
Down
  1. 1. Overheated, short-lived periods of intense social concern about an issue.
  2. 3. Theory that deviance is learned through intimate personal contacts.
  3. 4. Theory of policing that argues that small signs of disorder lead to outbreaks of more serious crimes.
  4. 6. Theory that claims deviance arises from a weakening of social connections.
  5. 9. The idea that the United States has a unique heritage in which settlers had to resort to violence to protect their property and themselves, creating a longstanding norm of violent behavior.
  6. 10. More seriously protected norms that reflect the morals and values of a social group.
  7. 12. Crimes like homicide, robbery, assault, and sexual assault, which involve the use of physical force.
  8. 13. Stress that results from a mismatch between goals and means.
  9. 15. Theory that deviance is created through reactions to an act.
  10. 16. Degree to which we identify with and maintain social rules and connections.
  11. 17. Set of beliefs, values, and assumptions we use to view and understand the world.
  12. 18. Violent crimes and property crimes that are more common in public spaces and often involve the police.
  13. 20. People who try to influence societies toward increased awareness of and concern over the violation of social norms.
  14. 21. Behaviors that violate social norms.
  15. 22. A functionalist theory that describes five adaptations to strain: conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion.
  16. 23. Act that violates the penal code.
  17. 25. Asocial lack of morals and expectations for behavior that can lead to deviance.
  18. 28. A phenomenon in which a person is discredited and/or rejected by society because of an attribute they have.
  19. 29. Accepted and expected behavior.