Deviance Flashcards
Primary deviance
The initial act of rule breaking
White collar crime
Illegal activities committed by people in the course of their employment
Secondary deviance
When a person who has been labeled deviancy accepts that new identity and continues the behavior
Tertiary deviance
A person labeled as deviant seeks to normalize the behavior by relabeling it as nondeviant
Criminology
The systematic study of crime and the criminal justice system
Juvenile delinquency
A violation of law or the commission of a status offense by young people
Social control
Systematic practices developed by social groups to encourage conformity to norms, rules, and laws to discourage deviance
2 mechanisms of social control
Internal: internalize social norms and follow them
External: use of negative sanctions
3 functions deviance serves to society
- deviance clarifies rules
- deviance unites a group
- deviance promotes social change
Robert Merton strain theory
People feel strain when they are exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to reach because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals
Illegitimate opportunity structures
Circumstances that provide an opportunity for people to acquire through illegitimate activities what they cannot achieve through legitimate channels
Edwin Sutherland differential association
People have a greater tendency to deviate to social norms when they frequently associate with individuals who are more favorable toward deviance
Walter reckless containment theory
Society produces pushes and pulls that move people toward criminal behavior and some people don’t resort to deviance due to inner containment and outer containmentS
Travis hirschi social bond theory
The probability of deviance increases when a persons ties to society and weakened or broken
Cooley mead labeling theory
Deviance is a socially constructed process in which social agents designate certain people as deviants and they in turn come to accept the label placed on them
Ucr is? Who complies it?
Major source on crimes in the us
FBI’s
How many violent crimes and property crimes go unreported
50%
61%
Crimes committed in the workplace
Occupational crimes
Age group that has the highest rate of arrest
13-25
3 most common arrest categories
Dui larcency minor criminal mischief
4 types of punishments
Incapitation rehabilitation retribution deterrence
