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

2. Deviance Behavior that violates significant social norms

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

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

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

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

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 Anomie situation that arises where the norms of society are unclear or are no longer applicable

8. 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

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

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

11. 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

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

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

14. Hallucinogenic Disrupt nervous system and alters user perception of reality

15. Hyper-conformity Obsessive need to fulfill standards promoted by society

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

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

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

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

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