Behaviour which goes against the norms, values and expectations of society.
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Cross- cultural deviance
Something that is deviant in some cultures but not others.
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Situational deviance
Something that is only deviant in certain situations.
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Historical deviance
Something that is only deviant at certain times.
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Conformity
Following the rules.
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Agents of social control
Various groups, both formal and informal, that control our behaviour.
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Formal social control
Carried out by agents that only exist to control society.
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Informal social control
Carried out by agents that control society. although control is not their primary function.
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Official statistics
Number and percentages to show what crimes are being committed and who is committing them, taken from government sources. Info can be supplied by the police, courts and the prison system.
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Victim survey
People are asked what crimes have been committed against them.
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Self- report study
A questionnaire which asks people what crimes they have committed.
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Deliquency
The undesirable, antisocial behaviour of young people.
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Peer group pressure
Pressure applied to a person by a group of the same age to try and get them to fit in with the groups norms and values: often applied to young people.
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Labelling
Thinking of a person or a group of people in a particular, often negatively, presuming that all of the group are a particular type of person.
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Gender socialisation
Teaching males and females the expected patterns of theirr gender in society
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Police targeting
Where the police focus on a particular group of people in society, believing them to be more likely to be involved in criminal behaviour than other groups.
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Discrimination
Treating people differently because of their social characteristics.
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Racism
A form
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Behaviour which goes against the norms, values and expectations of society.
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Deviance
Card 3
Front
Something that is deviant in some cultures but not others.
Back
Card 4
Front
Something that is only deviant in certain situations.
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