Chapter 5-8 Flashcards
1
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Techniques and strategies employed for preventing deviant human behavior in society
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Social Control
2
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carried out by authorized agents
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Formal
3
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used casually to enforce norms
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Informal
4
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a punishment or reward for conduct concerning a social norm
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Sanction
5
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governmental social control
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Law
6
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protections against governement abuse
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civil libertires
7
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our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society’s norms
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control theory
8
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labels society uses to devalue members of certain groups
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stigma
9
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behavior departing from social norms
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deviance
10
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conduct violating law and subject to punishment
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crime
11
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what causes crime is freewill
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strain theory
