SOCL 2001 : Sociology Exam 2 Terms
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An example is max weber"s: bureaucracy a type of organization marked by a clear hierarchy of relations. Many types of organizations exist in industrialized societies, influencing most aspects of our lives. A norm either prescribes a given type of behavior or physical punishment. forbids it. All human groups follow definite norms, which are always backed by most members of a group or society. What is regarded as deviant is as variable as the norms and values that distinguish different cultures and subcultures from one another. Although we may think of criminals as a distinct subsection of the population, there are few people who have no broken the law in one way or another during their lives. Chapter 7 terms power others as their property prestige, or power social group law enforcement to reintegrate policing within the community commit crime, such as community policing and use of house alarms rituals of public disapproval rather than incarceration.