Chapter 8 Flashcards

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How many approaches does the sociological perspective have?

A

There are three approaches. social structure, social process and social conflict.

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2
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How helped develop the sociological approach?

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Emile Durkheim

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3
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What is the social structure approach?

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Looks for origins of crime within the immediate environment.

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4
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How does the social structure approach see crime?

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Reactions to problems causes crime and not society alone.

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5
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What is the Social disorganization theory

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Bad social and economic conditions leads to high rates of crime.

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6
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What is the Chicago school?

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A tradition of social disorganization studies and research.

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7
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What is social ecology?

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studies the adaption of the environment to human interactions.

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8
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What are concentric zones and who founded it?

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Park and Burges method to explain why crime gravitate in certain social environment.

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9
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What is social pathology?

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Bad social conditions are the breeding ground for criminal activity.

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10
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What is environmental criminology?

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The study of interactions between multiple variables between environment and people.

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What is the strain theory?

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Explains that a strain in society is the factor for crime.

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12
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What is Anomie?

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A state of normlessness and confusion that leads to strain.

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13
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What is the General strain theory?

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Economic failure is not because of strain and frustration.

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14
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What is the culture conflict theory?

Hint: Clashing values

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Finds that the root of criminal behavior in the clash of those values by which we decide what is acceptable behavior.

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15
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what are conduct norms?

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Rules of exceptable behavior we learn early in life.

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16
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what is a subculture?

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A group of people that share the same norms that are distinct . teachers, doctors, students.

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17
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What are focal concerns?

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Values and behaviors that emerge to meet the conditions of the environment.

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18
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What is a delinquent subculture?

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Subculture youth who try to solve problems by acting in delinquent behavior.

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19
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What is reaction formation?

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Rejecting main norms and showing hostility toward it.

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20
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What is a subculture of violence?

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Shows that violence is not in the society but in the individual and learned.

21
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What is differential opportunity?

A

The variable access to illegitimate opportunities that contributes to the development of crime and delinquency.

22
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What are the three subcultures that Cloward and Ohlin created?

A

criminal, conflict and realist subcultures.

23
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What are techniques of neutralization?

A

rationalizations that people use to justify their actions.

24
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What is drift?

A

Good behavior shifting to bad, delinquent behavior followed by neutralization techniques.

25
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There are three approaches. social structure, social process and social conflict.

A

How many approaches does the sociological perspective have?

26
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Emile Durkheim

A

How helped develop the sociological approach?

27
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Looks for origins of crime within the immediate environment.

A

What is the social structure approach?

28
Q

Reactions to problems causes crime and not society alone.

A

How does the social structure approach see crime?

29
Q

Bad social and economic conditions leads to high rates of crime.

A

What is the Social disorganization theory

30
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A tradition of social disorganization studies and research.

A

What is the Chicago school?

31
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studies the adaption of the environment to human interactions.

A

What is social ecology?

32
Q

Park and Burges method to explain why crime gravitate in certain social environment.

A

What are concentric zones and who founded it?

33
Q

Bad social conditions are the breeding ground for criminal activity.

A

What is social pathology?

34
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The study of interactions between multiple variables between environment and people.

A

What is environmental criminology?

35
Q

Explains that a strain in society is the factor for crime.

A

What is the strain theory?

36
Q

A state of normlessness and confusion that leads to strain.

A

What is Anomie?

37
Q

Economic failure is not because of strain and frustration.

A

What is the General strain theory?

38
Q

Finds that the root of criminal behavior in the clash of those values by which we decide what is acceptable behavior.

A

What is the culture conflict theory?

39
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Rules of exceptable behavior we learn early in life.

A

what are conduct norms?

40
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A group of people that share the same norms that are distinct . teachers, doctors, students.

A

what is a subculture?

41
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Values and behaviors that emerge to meet the conditions of the environment.

A

What are focal concerns?

42
Q

Subculture youth who try to solve problems by acting in delinquent behavior.

A

What is a delinquent subculture?

43
Q

Rejecting main norms and showing hostility toward it.

A

What is reaction formation?

44
Q

Shows that violence is not in the society but in the individual and learned.

A

What is a subculture of violence?

45
Q

The variable access to illegitimate opportunities that contributes to the development of crime and delinquency.

A

What is differential opportunity?

46
Q

criminal, conflict and realist subcultures.

A

What are the three subcultures that Cloward and Ohlin created?

47
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rationalizations that people use to justify their actions.

A

What are techniques of neutralization?

48
Q

Good behavior shifting to bad, delinquent behavior followed by neutralization techniques.

A

What is drift?

49
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