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Transcript
Violent crime
One of the most
common categories of
crime and examples of
it include forcible
rape, robbery, murder,
and assault
Deviance
Behavior that
violates
significant
social norms
Differential association
proportion of
associations a
person has with
deviant versus
non-deviant
individuals
Criminal justice system
Most important
components
include the
police, courts,
corrections, and
the juvenile
system
Labeling theory
Theory that
focuses on how
individuals
come to be
labeled as
deviant
White-collared crimes
Crime committed
by an individual
or groups in the
course of their
professional
careers
Anomie
situation that arises
where the norms of
society are unclear
or are no longer
applicable
Crime syndicate
large-scale organization of
professional criminals that
controls some vice or legitimate
business through violence or a
threat of violence …like the movie
we are going to watch Oceans 11
Racial profiling
practice of
assuming that
nonwhite
Americans are more
likely to commit
crime than white
Americans
Recidivism
term for repeated
criminal behaviors,
62% of released
prisoners will be
charged with new
crimes, 41% will
return to prison within
3 years
Societal deviance
refers to acts that are
condemned by all or most
members of society. They are
widely recognized as being
deviant, with a high degree of
agreement that the behavior is
deviant
Situational deviance
What’s considered
appropriate in one social
environment might be
inappropriate in another
social setting
Downers
Depressants, slow
down central nervous
system, sense of
relaxation and
alleviation of anxiety
Hallucinogenic
Disrupt nervous
system and alters
user perception of
reality
Hyper-conformity
Obsessive need
to fulfill
standards
promoted by
society
Police discretion
police have the
power to decide
who is actually
arrested
Corrections
Part of the criminal
justice system that
administers sanctions
(prison, parole,
probation) used to
punish those found
guilty of crimes
addiction
• Compulsive
preoccupation with an
activity
• need to engage in
activity involves an
irresistible force
Bipolar disorder
Mental condition that’s
a combination of
mania and major
depression with
alternating episodes
of these two
conditions
Juvenile Justice System
Used to punish
offenders
younger than age
18, developed in
the 1960s