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Chapter 7

Chapter 7. Deviance and Social Control Key Terms. Deviance Behavior that violates the norms of a particular society. Social control The ways in which a society encourages conformity to its norms and prevents deviance.

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Chapter 7

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  1. Chapter 7 Deviance and Social ControlKey Terms

  2. DevianceBehavior that violates the norms of a particular society. • Social controlThe ways in which a society encourages conformity to its norms and prevents deviance.

  3. StigmaAn attribute or quality of an individual that is deeply discrediting. • CrimeAn act, or omission of an act, that is prohibited by law.

  4. AnomieA state of normlessness. • Differential associationA theory that explains deviance as a learned behavior determined by the extent of a person’s association with individuals who engage in such behavior.

  5. LabelingA theory that explains deviance as a societal reaction that brands or labels people who engage in certain behaviors as deviant. • Primary devianceAn act that results in the labeling of the offender as deviant.

  6. Secondary devianceBehavior that is engaged in as a reaction to the experience of being labeled as deviant. • RecidivismThe probability that a person who has served a jail term will commit additional crimes and be jailed again.

  7. Plea bargainingA process in which a person charged with a crime agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

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