SOC 101 Study Guide - Victimless Crime, White-Collar Crime, Labeling Theory
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Social control, including informal and formal social control. Social control: refers to the techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behavior in any society. Formal social control: carried out by authorized agents such as, police officers, physicians, school administrators. Serves as last resort when socialization and informal sanctions do not bring about desired behavior. Conformity: going along with the peers, individuals of our own status, who have no special right to direct our behavior. Obedience: is compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure. Deviance: behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society. Stigma: describes the labels society uses to devalue members of certain social groups. In criminology, the strain theory states that social structures within society may encourage citizens to commit crime. Differential association: describes the process through which exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts leads to rule violation.
