Social Control and Deviance

1. investigates, prosecutes, and punishes criminals
6. theory that states that deviance is normal and people conform when they have strong ties to the community
9. action that rewards a particular kind of behavior
10. reward or punishment by a formal organization
11. Imprisonment, parole, probation, community service
13. abandon goals but maintain expected behaviors
17. enforcing norms through internal or external means
19. any act that is labeled as such by those in authority and is prohibited by law
21. the ability to decide who is actually arrested
22. a large-scale organization of professional criminals
23. spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval by an individual or group
25. behavior that violates social norms
28. focuses on how people come to be labeled “deviant"
29. process of legal negotiation that allows a guilty plea in return for a lighter sentence
30. acceptance of goals but not means of reaching them
31. muder, forcible rape, assault, i.e

2. the process by which a norm becomes a part of a person's personality
3. when deviance as a lifestyle; both self and society label person “deviant”
4. crimes committed by individuals of high social stuatus
5. a mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society
7. says people commit deviant acts to gain or maintain power
8. occasional violation of norms; not labeled as “deviant”
12. the relative closeness to deviant and non-deviant individuals
14. theory that states that deviance is a learned behavior
15. acceptance of goals and methods of reaching them
16. reject both goals and means of reaching them
18. seek to substitute new goals and means for existing goals and means
20. theory that says deviance is the natural outgrowth of the values, norms, and structure of society
24. occurs when the norms of society are unclear or no longer apply
26. practice of assuming that nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit crimes
27. punishment or threat of punishment to enforce conformity