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Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






3. Large movement of people from country to city






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






5. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






6. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






8. A group with three members






9. 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






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






11. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






12. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






13. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






14. People who share a similar attribute or characteristic [variable] but do not necessarily interact with one another






15. Leading by giving orders






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






17. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.






18. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






19. When a society makes major changes to its social structure and how it relates to the environment






20. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






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






22. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






23. To much stuff






24. Committing crime after released from prison






25. Tonnie's term for the type of society characterized by weak family ties - competition - and impersonal social relationships






26. A group of just two people






27. Understand and recognize Stanley Milgram's Teacher-Learner experiment

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






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






30. Based on pasturing of animals






31. What they actually did






32. Realization of flaws






33. A group of just two people






34. Creates unity - maintains harmony (socio-emotional)






35. 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






36. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






37. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






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






39. A system of providing goods and services






40. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






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






42. 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')






43. Leading by being highly permissive






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

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

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46. The important expectations of a particular person that a child wishes to please the generalized other - The expectations of a society taken into account when shaping their own behavior






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






48. A form of retribution by which offenders compensate their victims with money or labor






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






50. A status that identifies us - is always relevant and affects other statuses.