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






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






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






4. What they actually did






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






6. Based on pasturing of animals






7. What the audience sees






8. What the culture raises up as what all members should strive to achieve or possess






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






10. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






12. Informational jobs






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






14. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






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






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






17. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






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






20. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






21. Convicted offender stays in the community with regular supervision and conditions of behavior






22. The individual and collective resources available to a person through his or her social networks






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






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






25. 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






26. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. In text book






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






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






36. Leading by trying to reach consensus






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






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






39. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






40. The people who join together to reach a goal






41. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






43. Social norms about expressions - emotions - and acceptable - desirable feelings in any situation






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






45. Leaving a role






46. A system of providing goods and services






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






48. Social positions earned or obtained






49. Authority based on custom






50. People who are roughly the same age and interests







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