SOC 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Victimless Crime, Plea Bargain, Hate Crime
3 Dec 2011
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Primary deviance ~ passing episodes that may provoke slight reaction. Secondary deviance ~ person repeatedly violates a norm, takes on deviant identity. Crime: violation of a society"s formally enacted criminal law. Social control: attempts by society to regulate people"s thoughts and behaviour. Criminal justice system: a formal response by police, courts, and prison officials to alleged violations of the law. Labelling theory: the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions. Stigma: a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person"s self-concept and social identity. Medicalization of deviance: the transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition. White-collar crime: crime committed by persons of high social position in the course of their occupation. Corporate crime: the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf. Organized crime: a business that supplies illegal goods or services.
