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






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






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






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






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






6. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






7. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. The death penalty






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






18. The legal - available opportunities and resources the society provides for success






19. Guides group towards reaching goals (task-oriented)






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






21. Material items that indicate one's status






22. Status set that society sees as mismatched






23. A physical or social attribute that devalues a person's identity and discredit a person's claim to a 'normal' identity






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






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






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






27. ID - Ego - super ego






28. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






30. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






31. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






32. Persons influencing each others behavior






33. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






35. Informational jobs






36. Leaving a role






37. Assumptions of people's personality






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






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






40. What the audience sees






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






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






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






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






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






46. To much stuff






47. A place where we can reveal our true feelings - beliefs and rehearsal or performances






48. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






49. Persons influencing each others behavior






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







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