Vocabulary

2. discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment.
4. an idea
5. real rather than apparent.
6. impulsive, seemingly unmotivated.
7. behavior that departs from societal or group norms.
9. suitability; correctness.
14. unusual, deviant.
15. the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant.
17. an act committed in violation of the law.
21. one's business or profession.
23. to quote as an authoritative source.
24. punishment intended to make criminals pay monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts.
26. behavior that overconforms to social expectations.
27. an undesirable label that is used to deny a deviant social acceptance.
28. the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society.
29. the act of breaking or discarding.

1. a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison.
3. behavior that under-conforms to accepted norms.
8. rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms.
10. the process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization.
11. a person who breaks significant societal or group norms.
12. punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts.
13. a repetition of, or return to, criminal behavior.
16. the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them.
18. the opposite of what was previously stated.
19. to do, perform, or perpetrate.
20. a descriptive term or identification.
22. a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent.
25. pertaining to a racial, religious, national, or other group regarded as different from the larger group of which it is a part.