Deviance Reverse Flashcards
The violation of a society’s formally enacted law
Crime
Attempts by society to regulate people’s thoughts and behavior
Social control
Organizations -police, courts, and prison officials- that respond to alleged violations of the law
Criminal justice system
The idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions
Labeling theory
A powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person’a self concept and social identity
Stigma
The transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition
Medicalization of deviance
A criminal act against a person or a person’s property by an offender motivated by race or other bias
Hate crime
The recognized violation of cultural norms
Deviance
Crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations
White-collar crime
The illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf
Corporate crime
A business supplying illegal goods an services
Organized crime
