Across
- 2. The theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them
- 7. The theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
- 12. A social condition in which norms are weak conflicting or absent
- 13. Rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms
- 14. The theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms to which they are exposed
- 16. A person who breaks significant social or group norms
- 17. An act committed in violation of the law
- 18. The theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
- 19. An undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance
Down
- 1. Deviance becomes a lifestyle and part of an individual's identity
- 3. Behavior that underconforms to accepted norms
- 4. Ways to encourage conformity to society's norms
- 5. Job related crimes committed by high status people
- 6. Discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
- 8. The process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status
- 9. Behavior that departs from societal or group norms
- 10. A system compromising insitutions and processes responsible for encoring criminal statuses
- 11. behavior that overconforms to social expectations
- 15. deviance Only occasional breaking of norms