Deviance Flashcards
Social Control
Ways to encourage conformity to social norms
Victim discounting
Reduces the seriousness of crimes directed at the lower class
Recidivism
A return to criminal behavior
Innovation
Changing the way one would normally reach a goal
Differential association theory
Individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to
Deterrence
Threatens punishment to discourage crime
Retribution
Makes criminals pay compensation for their acts
Rehabilitation
Changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
Ritualism
Going through the motions even though you can’t reach your goal
Retreatism
Giving up on goals and motivation
Positive social sanction
Awards, allowance, promotions
Stigma
Undesirable characteristic or label used by others to title someone
Strain theory (5 parts)
Conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion
Labeling theory
Explains that society creates deviance by identifying particular members of deviance
Conformity
Adaption to social norms
Control theory
Conformity to the social norms depends on the presence of strong bonds between individuals and society
Primary deviance
Deviance involving occasional breaking of norms
Secondary deviance
Deviance is a lifestyle and personal identity
Alternatives to prison
Prison/probation combo, community work, diversion strategy
Social bonds (4 elements)
Attachment, commitment, involvement and beliefs
Cultural transmission theory
How a culture or society learns
White-collar crime
Any crime committed by respectable and high status people in the course of their jobs
Anomie
Social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting or absent
