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






2. Inmates released from prison to serve the rest of their sentence under supervision in the community






3. 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






4. Techniques to salvage a performance






5. Deviance becomes part of one's lifestyle or self-image because the person accepts the label of 'deviant'






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






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






8. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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






11. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






12. The death penalty






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






14. Replacing members - teaching recruits - producing industry goods and services - preserving order - maintaining a sense of purpose






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






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






17. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






19. In text book






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






21. You choose to have a government to constrain disruptive individual choices - for an orderly society and benefits provided






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






23. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






24. We learn deviance from social ties with a deviant group or subculture






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






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






27. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






29. The stages of our life from birth to death






30. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






31. The goal of a leader within a group






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






33. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






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






37. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






39. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






40. 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






41. Based on information services and high technology






42. Leaving a role






43. Leading by being highly permissive






44. The framework (patterns) or society






45. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






47. An isolated act of deviance: deviance is not part of one's lifestyle or self-image






48. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another






49. A group of just two people






50. Informational jobs