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Subject : humanities
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1. Assumptions of people's personality






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






3. (Merton's) Strain Theory - Conflict theory - Differential Association - Labeling Theory






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






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






6. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






7. A group with three members






8. Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life






9. 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






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






11. A group's usual and customary social arrangements - on which its members depend and on which they base their lives






12. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






14. Hunting an gathering society - pastoral society - horticultural society - agrarian society - industrial society - post-industrial society






15. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






16. A group with three members






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






18. Status set that society sees as mismatched






19. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions






20. Any violation of rules or norms






21. People who are roughly the same age and interests






22. Preparing for future roles






23. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






24. The goal of a leader within a group






25. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






26. Power that people consider legitimate - as rightly exercised over them






27. Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life






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






29. What they actually did






30. The people who are emotionally close and know each other well






31. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






32. Effort to control others thought of us through self presentation and performance






33. Groups toward which one feels opposition - rivalry or hostility toward






34. Assigned status given without consent ( female - daughter - sister ect.)






35. 1. stability increases 2. intimacy decreases - 3. formality increases - 4. smaller subgroups form - 5. responsibility is diffused






36. A system of providing goods and services






37. The alignment of some members of a group against others






38. Relationships that cross social barriers






39. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






40. Realization of flaws






41. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






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






43. Someone who influences other people






44. Leading by trying to reach consensus






45. The degree to which we will alter our attitudes and/or behaviors to fit into our perceived expectations of what is appropriate for our status or group






46. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling






47. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






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






49. Occupation within social structures or institutions






50. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation