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Subject : humanities
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1. Convicted offender stays in the community with regular supervision and conditions of behavior






2. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






3. An individual adopts the beliefs or actions of a group and makes them his or her own






4. People who share a physical location but do not have lasting (or any) social relationships






5. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






6. The ability to get your way - even over the resistance of others






7. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






8. Leaving a role






9. When each person does less when there are more people involved






10. The ability to choose which rules to enforce for whom and for when






11. The view [developed by Howard Becker] that the labels people are given affect 1. The way others respond to that person [interaction] - and 2. their own self-concept [internalization] Thus channeling their behavior either into deviance or into conform






12. 1. Replacing members 2. Teaching recruits 3. Producing and distributing goods and services 4. Preserving order 5. Providing and maintaining a sense of purpose






13. Social groups - institutions - individuals that provide socialization situations






14. A) The elite group members make up the laws b) The elite group members structure society so that they have more opportunities than others c) Discretion benefits the elite in all parts of the criminal justice system d) The oppressed must organize to r






15. Preventing an act by producing fear of the consequences of the act ('crime does not pay')






16. Someone who influences other people






17. When a person has two or more competing roles






18. Incarceration - rehabilitation institutions (cut off from the rest of society to reform)






19. Impersonal relationships that involve only limited parts of one's personality






20. The web of relationships that joins a person to other people and groups






21. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities






22. Authority based on custom






23. Social unity based on consensus of values and norms or conformity - and dependence on traditional family






24. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






25. The way society sets children onto different courses in their way of life due to male/ female






26. Illegal acts committed by affluent - 'respectable' individuals in the course of business activities

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27. A type of economy where you live off the land






28. What all humans share that makes us distinct form other species and does not derive from our social environment.






29. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






30. Status set that society sees as mismatched






31. What they actually did






32. Relationships that cross social barriers






33. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






34. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






35. ID - Ego - super ego






36. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






37. Process that teaches culture to group members






38. Relationships that cross social barriers






39. Preparing for future roles






40. The death penalty






41. The legal - available opportunities and resources the society provides for success






42. Organized pattern of beliefs and behaviors centered on basic social needs






43. When each person does less when there are more people involved






44. Large movement of people from country to city






45. Authority based on law or written rules and regulations; also called bureaucratic authority






46. Creating specialization of subsystems and institutions within the social structure






47. Domestic revolution (plants and animal) - agricultural revolution (the plow) - industrial revolution (steam engine) - informational revolution (micro chips)






48. The framework (patterns) or society






49. Techniques to salvage a performance






50. Power that is illegitimate - that people do not accept as rightly exercised over them