CH 11 Crime, Deviance, the Law, and Institutional Racism (TERMS)

Question 1

Deviance

Answer 1

Actions or behaviours that violate norms, values, or expectations of a given society

Question 2

Crime

Answer 2

Actions or behaviours that are illegal and punishable by law

Question 3

Primary deviance

Answer 3

• Symbolic Interactionism

A violation of norms that does not affect an individual’s long term self-image.

Question 4

Secondary deviances

Answer 4

• Symbolic Interactionism

When an individual’s self-image and behaviour change after their actions are labelled as deviant.

Question 5

Institutional racism

Answer 5

Racism that is inherent in the practices of social and political institutions.

Question 6

Racial prejudice

Answer 6

Prejudice or discrimination based on an individual’s race or ethnic identity

Question 7

Colonial tools

Answer 7

Strategies, techniques, and/or discourses used by the colonizers to marginalize Indigenous communities

Question 8

Terra Nullius & Doctrine of Discovery

Answer 8

“Land belonging to nobody”’

The Doctrine of Discovery allowed European entities to seize ‘uninhabited’ lands.

Question 9

Indian Act 1876

Answer 9

Dismantled traditional governance and imposed strict rules on Indigenous peoples’ lives

Question 10

Constitution Act 1982 (section 35)

Answer 10

Recognized Aboriginal and treaty rights, including constitutionally protected rights to self-government

Question 11

Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Children, Youth and Families 2019

Answer 11

Enshrined into law for Indigenous peoples jurisdiction over child welfare and family services

Question 12

Act Respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2021

Answer 12

Further advanced Indigenous self-government