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






2. The goal of a leader within a group






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

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






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






6. Groups' expectations for the norms of boys vs. girls






7. Moving people form cities to the edge of the city.






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






9. Social positions earned or obtained






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






11. The people who join together to reach a goal






12. A system of providing goods and services






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






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






15. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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






17. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






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






20. ID - Ego - super ego






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






22. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






25. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






27. ID - Ego - super ego






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






29. 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






30. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






31. Large movement of people from country to city






32. Where all things are equal. (rights - beliefs ect.)






33. Leaving a role






34. A group with three members






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






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






37. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






38. The death penalty






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






40. To much stuff






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






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






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






44. Based on information services and high technology






45. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.






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






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






48. A self concept based on our perceptions of how others may have judged us






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






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