An action which doesn't conform to societal norms but is not illegal.
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Social Control
Power over the actions or behaviours of an individual or individuals
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Formal Social Control
Social control formed by laws and associates with the state.
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Informal Social Control
Social control formed by societal processes such as disapproval.
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Formal Agency of Social Control
An authority which carries out formal social control, such as the police.
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Informal Agency of Social Control
An authority which carries out informal social control, such as peers or families.
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White-Collar Crime
Name given to crimes committed by professionals such as lawyers and doctors.
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Institutional Racism
An institution in society is found to be fundamentally racist. An example is the Metropolitan Police, following the murder of Stephan Lawrence in 1993.
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Chivalry Thesis
The Criminal Justice System treats women as vulnerable and troubled and not as criminals, and leniently punishes them.
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Class Deal
Offers women material rewards in return for working for a wage.
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Gender Deal
Offers women material and emotional rewards in return for living with a male breadwinner in a nuclear family.
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Edgework
Participation on the edge of what is allowed; taking risks for the thrill.
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Dark Figure
Crimes that do not appear in official statistics due to being undetected, unreported or unrecorded.
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Self-Report Survey
Type of study in which participants are asked which crimes they have committed in a set period of time. Allows more accurate numbers of crime.
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Victim Survey
Type of study in which participants are asked if they were victims of certain crimes during a set timeframe.
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Moral Panic
Media-fuelled overreaction to social groups, causing widespread panic.
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Deviancy Amplification
The public or media reaction to a crime leads to an increase in the crime's occurrence.
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Folk Devils
Group defined a threat to societal values and is scapegoated.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
An action which doesn't conform to societal norms but is not illegal.
Back
Deviance
Card 3
Front
Power over the actions or behaviours of an individual or individuals
Back
Card 4
Front
Social control formed by laws and associates with the state.
Back
Card 5
Front
Social control formed by societal processes such as disapproval.
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