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Value consensus

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The need for societies to have a shared set of norms and values

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Norms

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behaviour and attitudes which are considered normal

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Substantive definitions

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Focuses on the religious beliefs e.g God

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Functional definitions

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Psychological functions it performs

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Constructionist definitions

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Defines religion themselves

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Sacred (Durkheim)

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Inspire feelings of awe and fear

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Profane (Durkheim)

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Not important something they’re not worried about

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Monotheistic

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One god

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Polytheistic

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More then one god

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Hegemony

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Marxist using ruling class ideas to maintain control over the prolaterict

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Pentecostalism

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Focusing on individuals to help themselves in life

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Liberation theology

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Focuses on helping the poor in Latin America

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Asceticism

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Refraining from luxury

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Divine transcendence

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God is above any mortal

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Predestination

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Predetermined location of heven and hell

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Conservative force

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Maintains traditional and preserves things as they are

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Secularisation

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Society is becoming less influenced by religious ideas

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Secular

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Anything that is not religious

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Hidden curriculum

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Norms and values that are indirectly taught in school that correspond with work life

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Correspondence principle

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Education mirrors the workplace in its organisation and reward system

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Compensatory education

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Aims to tackle cultural deprivation by providing extra funds and resources to school in deprived areas

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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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Material deprivation

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Lack of material necessitates such as housing and income

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White collar crime

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A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status

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Occupational crime

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Committed by employees simply for person gain

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Corporate crime

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Committed by employees for their organisation in pursuit of its goals

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State crime

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Refers to the harms committed when government institution and business cooperate to pursue their goals

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Street crime

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Tough crimes like breaking and entering

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Blue collar crime

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This considered WC crime due to blue overalls

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Deferred gratification

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Delaying reward for the future to potentially improve the reward

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Ethnocentric

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From one cultures perspective

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