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anomie
social condition to which people find it difficult to guide their
behavior by norms they experience as weak, unclear, or
conflicting
TERM 2
capital punishment
DEFINITION 2
application of death penalty for a capital crime
TERM 3
crime
DEFINITION 3
an act prohibited by law
TERM 4
criminal justice system
DEFINITION 4
reactive agencies of the state that include the police, courts,
and prisons
TERM 5
deviance
DEFINITION 5
any behavior that violates a norm
differential association
notion that the more earlier, more frequent, and more
intense and the longer the duration of the contacts people
have in a deviant settings the greater the probability that
they too will become deviant
TERM 7
hate crime
DEFINITION 7
crime motivated by bias against race, ethnic origin, religion,
disabilities, or sexual orientation
TERM 8
high-technology crime
DEFINITION 8
crime committed through the use of advanced electronic
media
TERM 9
index crimes
DEFINITION 9
crimes reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its
Uniform Crime Reports. Consists of four categories: murder
rape robbery assault and four categories of crime against
property: burglary theft motor vehicle theft and arson
TERM 10
internalization
DEFINITION 10
process by which individuals incorporate within their
personalities the standards of behavior prevalent within the
larger society
victimless crime
offense in which no one involved is considered a victim
TERM 17
white-collar crime
DEFINITION 17
crime committed by relatively affluent persons, often in the
course of business activities
