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Exam 2, Chapter 8 Flashcards

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Definition of conformity

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going along with peers or those individuals of our own status that have no formal right to direct our behavior

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Definition of Obedience

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compliance with higher authority in a hierarchical structure

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Definition of deviance

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behavior that violates the standard of conduct or expectations of a group of society

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True or false

Standards of deviance vary from one group or subculture to another

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True

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True or false

Deviance does not vary over time

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false

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True or false

People are not normally stigmatizes as a result of deviance

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false

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Definition of social control

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techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behavior in any society

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What are the two types of social control

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formal and informal

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What is informal social control

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used casually to enforce norms, informally monitoring/reporting good or bad behavior
-Social pressure

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An example of social pressure

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A mom raising an eyebrow at their child

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An example of social pressure

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A mom raising an eyebrow at their child

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What are the three principles that fall under informal social control

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principle of dependence, principle of visibility, and principle of extensiveness

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What is the principle of dependence

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The more dependent members are on a group, the more they conform to group norms

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What is the principle of visibility

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When group behavior is easily observed or monitored by other members, the degree of conformity will be greater.
-Japanese example

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What is the principle of extensiveness

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The greater the scope and extent of norms upheld by the group, the greater will be the contribution to social order
-Bo rollings his pants up because everyone else
did

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What is Formal social control

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Control that applies to legalized rules and laws

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What are formal social control roles

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police, doctors, bosses, parents

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What is prevention

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Limits opportunities, early intervention

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What is deterrence

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punishment: certain, swift, and severe

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What is reformation/resocialization

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resocialize people so they stop wanting to deviate

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What is cultural transmission

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A theory of deviance that says a person learns criminal behavior through interactions with others

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What is differential association

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A theory of deviance which is a process through which violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes that are favorable to criminal acts-wrong crowd

23
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What is social disorganization theory

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When neighborhoods decline and become disorganized crime rises

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True or false

Increases and deviance can be attributed to the absence of communal relationships and social institutions

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True

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What is the labeling theory

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attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants or troublemakers while others taking part in the same behavior are not

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What is the labeling theory also known as

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societal reaction/response to the act and not the behavior itself that determines whether or not it is deviant

27
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Is formal or informal social control more common

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informal

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true or false

The less intensely any group or society applies informal and formal efforts to suppressing deviance, the more deviance will be

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false, more intense efforts equal less deviant behavior

29
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What is an example of principle of dependence

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How strict the japanese are with school. High school determine a job and college and they aren’t allowed out of their firms and if they leave they can’t find another job again.

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What is an example of the principle of of visibility

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How the Japanese have zero private lives. Their rooms are separated by screens, which means they are less likely to do anything deviant and conform to parents norms

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What are the three ways formal social control is attempted

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prevention, deter deviance, and reform or re-socialize people

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What is the opportunity theory

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describes reasons why people have the opportunity to commit deviant acts such as stealing a car in a poor thug neighborhood

33
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who came up with opportunity theory

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Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson

34
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What was the end result of Clarke Cabot’s experiment

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Young boys with guided counseling and help are not less likely to commit a crime than boys who are on their own are.

35
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What is deterrence

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The use of punishment to deter people from deviance

36
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What is capital punishment

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The death penalty

37
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What is Gibb’s deterrence theory

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The more rapid, the more certain, and the more severe the punishment for a crime, the lower the rate at which such crimes will occur.

38
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Why are the odds of getting caught for a crime low?

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because 6 out of 10 crimes are never reported

39
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Why don’t people report crimes?

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They lack confidence in the police

40
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What is incapacitation

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Making people unable to commit crimes by locking them up.

41
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what is a recidivism rate

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The proportion of people who commit a new crime after having served a prior sentence in jail or on probation.

42
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What is resocialization?

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efforts to change a person’s socialization; that is, to socialize a person over again in hopes of getting him or her to conform to the norms

43
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what is TARP

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Transitional Aid Research Project; in a big group of prisoners, only some were given money to see if they were claimed successful in transitioning from prisoner back to normal person

44
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Why were prisons invented in the first place?

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It is a more humane punishment than capital punishment

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