Key Words Flashcards
1
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Define Values:
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Values means general principles or guidelines about how we should live our life’s, they tell us our right from our wrongs
2
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Define norms:
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Norms mean specific rules or socially accepted standards that govern people’s behaviour in specific situations
3
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What’s an example of a value in all societies?
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Respect for human life
4
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What’s a value found in traditional societies?
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Duty of individuals to share their wealth with everyone/respect for elders
5
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What is deviance?
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Any behaviour that differs from the normal ( unusual, uncommon)
6
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What’s an example of deviance?
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- Risking your own life for someone else’s
- Talking to trees
7
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What does etiology means?
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Refers to the “causes” of crime
8
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What does epidemiology mean?
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Refers to the social, spatial, and temporal distribution of crime
