Violent crime One of the most common categories of crime and examples of it include forcible rape, robbery, murder, and assault

Deviance Behavior that violates significant social norms

Differential association proportion of associations a person has with deviant versus non-deviant individuals

Criminal justice system Most important components include the police, courts, corrections, and the juvenile system

Labeling theory Theory that focuses on how individuals come to be labeled as deviant

White-collared crimes Crime committed by an individual or groups in the course of their professional careers

Anomie situation that arises where the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable

Crime syndicate large-scale organization of professional criminals that controls some vice or legitimate business through violence or a threat of violence …like the movie we are going to watch Oceans 11

Racial profiling practice of assuming that nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit crime than white Americans

Recidivism term for repeated criminal behaviors, 62% of released prisoners will be charged with new crimes, 41% will return to prison within 3 years

Societal deviance refers to acts that are condemned by all or most members of society. They are widely recognized as being deviant, with a high degree of agreement that the behavior is deviant

Situational deviance What’s considered appropriate in one social environment might be inappropriate in another social setting

Downers Depressants, slow down central nervous system, sense of relaxation and alleviation of anxiety

Hallucinogenic Disrupt nervous system and alters user perception of reality

Hyper-conformity Obsessive need to fulfill standards promoted by society

Police discretion police have the power to decide who is actually arrested

Corrections Part of the criminal justice system that administers sanctions (prison, parole, probation) used to punish those found guilty of crimes

addiction Compulsive preoccupation with an activity need to engage in activity involves an irresistible force

Bipolar disorder Mental condition that’s a combination of mania and major depression with alternating episodes of these two conditions

Juvenile Justice System Used to punish offenders younger than age 18, developed in the 1960s