Sociology

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Across
  1. 4. Any arbitrary action initiated by an authority based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on a person’s behavior
  2. 7. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired but illegal good and services
  3. 9. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaged in the same behavior are not
  4. 11. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation, developing skilled techniques and enjoyed a certain degree of status among other criminals
  5. 12. Any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society
  6. 17. Social control that is carried out casually by ordinary people through such means as laughter, smiles, and ridicule
  7. 18. The works of a group that regulates relations between criminal enterprises involved in illegal activities
Down
  1. 1. Illegal activity primarily conducted through the use of computer hardware or software
  2. 2. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society
  3. 3. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions
  4. 5. A violation of criminal law for which some government authority applies formal penalties
  5. 6. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society
  6. 8. Social control that is carried out by authorized agents, such as police officers, judges, schools administrators, and employers
  7. 10. Governmental social control
  8. 13. A set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position or status
  9. 14. Any number of people with similar norms, values, and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis
  10. 15. Going along with peers- individuals of our own status, who have no special right to direct our behavior
  11. 16. A criminal offence committed because of the offender's bias against a race, religion, ethnic groups, national origin, or sexual orientation