Sociology Chapter 6 Flashcards

Any transgression of socially established norms.

Informal violations of social norms.

The violation of laws enacted by society.

<p>Social bonds; how well people relate to each other and get along on a day-to-day basis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social cohesion based on sameness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social cohesion based on difference and interdependence of the parts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The common faith or set of social norms by which a society and its members abide.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of punishment designed to transform the offender into a productive member of society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A form of punishment that attempts to restore the status quo which existed prior to an offense or event.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Those mechanisms that create normative compliance in individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Abiding by society's norms or simply following the rules of group life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mechanisms of social control by which rules or laws prohibit deviant criminal behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The usually unexpressed but widely known rules of group membership.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>How well you are integrated into your social group or community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The number of rules guiding your daily life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suicide that occurs when one is not well integrated into a social group.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suicide that occurs when one experiences too much social integration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suicide that occurs as a result of too little social regulation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suicide that occurs as a result of too much social regulation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Merton's theory that deviance occurs when a society does not give all its members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual who accepts both the goals and strategies to achieve them that are considered socially acceptable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individual who rejects socially defined goals to live within his or her own means.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social deviant who accepts socially acceptable goals but rejects socially acceptable means to achieve them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One who rejects both socially acceptable means and goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individuals who reject socially acceptable goals and means but want to alter the social institutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A micro-level theory in which shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions form the basic motivations behind people's actions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The belief that individuals unconsciously notice how others see or label them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first act of rule-breaking that may incur a label of 'deviant'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subsequent acts of rule-breaking that occur after primary deviance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A negative social label that alters a person's self-concept and social identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Theory explaining how social context impacts whether individuals act deviantly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Crimes committed in public and often associated with violence, gangs, and poverty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Theory stating that both legitimate and illegitimate opportunity structures exist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offense committed by a professional against a corporation or business.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of white-collar crime committed by corporate officers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Philosophy of criminal justice stating crime results from a rational calculation of its costs and benefits.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What the criminal justice system attempts when it monitors and tries to prevent known criminals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When an individual who has been punished opts not to commit further crimes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When an individual reverts back to criminal behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An institution in which one is totally immersed and controls all basic activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Modes of monitoring and regimenting individuals diffused throughout society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A circular building designed to serve as a visible surveillance prison.</p> Signup and view all the answers