Across
- 1. a large, highly organized group of criminals who work together like a legitimate business
- 5. theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society
- 8. crime that is an illegal act that involves consenting adults or only the person doing it
- 9. a repetition of or return to criminal behavior
- 10. theory that deviance in an industrial society is behavior that those in control of society see as threatening to their interests
- 12. behavior that goes against the accepted norms of society
- 20. theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to
- 22. a minor or moderate criminal offense
- 24. a problem-solving approach based on a simple observation
- 25. the act of changing your behavior, beliefs, or attitudes to match the people around you or to fit in with societal expectations
- 28. in which an individual's life and identity are organized around breaking society's norms
- 29. an act or failure to act that breaks the law
- 30. crime that is an ongoing, highly structured criminal enterprise run by a central group or syndicate
- 31. an agreement where a defendant pleads guilty or no contest to a criminal charge in exchange for a concession from the prosecutor
- 32. a condition of "normlessness"
Down
- 2. the legal or official authority given to a person or group to make decisions using their own judgment, rather than being forced to follow rigid rules
- 3. crime that is a non-violent, financially motivated offense committed by professionals or businesses
- 4. the society-wide system and institutions tasked with managing, punishing, or rehabilitating individuals who break established rules
- 6. institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes for minors
- 7. behavior that breaks or under-conforms to accepted social rules, norms, or laws
- 11. an individual rejects both the approved goals and legitimate means to achieve them
- 13. the view that crimes that injure people of lower status are less serious
- 14. theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve those goals by legitimate means
- 15. involves occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept
- 16. an undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual
- 17. the most serious category of crime, typically involving major harm, violence, or significant theft
- 18. crime that is an illegal act in which the offender uses or threatens to use physical force to harm someone
- 19. system comprising institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes
- 21. an individual accepts the goal, but uses illegal means to achieve it
- 23. crime that is any unlawful act that involves taking someone else's property or damaging it
- 26. ways to encourage conformity to society's norms
- 27. theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant