Crime and deviance

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What is crime and deviance?
Crime is an illegal which is punishable by law. Deviance is a behaviour who does not confirm to societty's norms and values and, if detected is likely to lead to negative society. Deviance is not ilegal.
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What are negative sanctions?
Negative sanctions is the process of social control and socialization, negative sanctions punish those who do not confrom to a certian groups expectations.
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What is corporate crime?
Crimes commited by employees on behalf of the company or organizations they work for.
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What is scapegoating?
The process of blaming an individual or group for something that is not their fault.
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What are victim surveys?
Household based studies which ask the respondants about their experiences of crime, whether they have been victims of offences during a specific time period.
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What is white collar crime?
This refers to crimes commited by people in high status positions, such as accountants, doctors or solicitors, during their work.
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What is social order?
Social order ccurs when society is stable, ordered and runs smoothly without continual disruption
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What is social control?
How they control society. There are two types which are informal and formal.
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What is informal social control?
Based on social processes such as approval and disapproval of others. Informal social control is enforced via social pressure. This includes peer pressure and families.
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What is formal social control?
Based on written laws and rules. Formal social control is usually associated with the ways the state regualtes and controls our behaviour. This includes the police force, courts and prisons.
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