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Chapter 5 | SOC - Deviant Behavior, Quizzes of Sociology of Deviance

Class: SOC - Deviant Behavior; Subject: Sociology; University: The College of Idaho; Term: Forever 1989;

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TERM 1
anomie
DEFINITION 1
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
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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