FREE HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIOLOGY C

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FREE HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIOLOGY C

7 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: criminal justice system

Answer:

a system made up of institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal statutes (laws)

Question 2: deviance

Answer:

behavior that departs from societal or group norms

Question 3: differential association theory

Answer:

the theory that individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts and norms to which they are exposed

Question 4: victim discounting

Answer:

the process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of lower status (If the victim has low social status then the crime commited against the person is considered less serious and the punishment for it is less serious)

Question 5: labeling theory

Answer:

the theory that society creates deviance by identifying particualr members as deviant

Question 6: white collar crime

Answer:

job-related crimes committed by high-status people (for example: fraud, embezzlement, insider trading, etc.)

Question 7: contrary

Answer:

the opposite of what was previously stated or thought

Question 8: concept

Answer:

an idea

Question 9: label

Answer:

to identify (call or say someone is something like a deviant)

Question 10: recidivism

Answer:

a repeating of or return to crimial behavior

Question 11: negative deviance

Answer:

behavior that fails to meet accepted norms

Question 12: rehabilitation

Answer:

the process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization

Question 13: strain theory

Answer:

the theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve them

Question 14: primary deviance

Answer:

only occasional breaking of norms

Question 15: positive deviance

Answer:

behavior that overconforms to social expectations

Question 16: anomie (a nuh mee)

Answer:

a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting or not there

Question 17: control theory

Answer:

the theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society

Question 18: stigma

Answer:

an undesirable label used to deny a deviant acceptance (such as calling a person who spent time in jail a jailbird or convict)

Question 19: deviant

Answer:

a person who breaks significant societal or group norms

Question 20: incarceration

Answer:

a method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prison

Question 21: restitution

Answer:

punishment intended to make criminals monetary compensation to make up for the financial damage caused by their acts

Question 22: secondary deviance

Answer:

deviance that becomes a lifestyle and part of an individual's identity

Question 23: social control

Answer:

ways to encourage behavior that is in line with society's norms

Question 24: deterrence

Answer:

discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment (in other words people see others getting put in jail for breaking a law and then they avoid commiting the crime because they don't want to do jail time)

Question 25: social sanctions

Answer:

rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms

Question 26: retribution

Answer:

punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts

Question 27: cite

Answer:

to quote as an authoritative source (the person who said it or wrote it is considerate someone that others acknowledge as having additional insight and knowledge on a topic)