Crime and Deviance Definitions 0.0 / 5 ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: chend96Created on: 16-12-13 20:59 Define Crime Behaviour which is against the law (breaks the law) 1 of 16 Define Corporate Crime Offences committed by large companies or staff within large companies, the offence will directly generate profit for the company not individuals. 2 of 16 Define Deviance Behaviour which breaks the social norms of society, leading to a failure in conform to societies expectations. 3 of 16 Define Deviance Amplification When the media make events worse or create the type of deviance they and society condemn. For example, Teenagers. 4 of 16 Define Deviant Career Where people who have been labelledbas deviant are blocked from legitimate opportunities, so turn to further deviant acts. 5 of 16 Define Folk Devils Individual's or groups posing an imagined or exaggerated threat to society. 6 of 16 Define Islamaphobia A fear or hatred of followers of Islam/Muslims. 7 of 16 Define Moral Entreprenuer A person, group or organisation with the power to create and enforce rules to impose definitions of deviance. 8 of 16 Define Moral Panic Public concern about an exaggerated or imaginary threat created and stirred up by the mass media. 9 of 16 Define Primary Deviance Deviance that has not been publically labelled. 10 of 16 Define Sanctions The rewards and punishments by which social control is achieved and confromity to norms and values is enforced. 11 of 16 Define Scapegoat An individual balmed for an action or event, whether or not they are guilty. (Usually are innocent) 12 of 16 Define Secondary Deviance Deviance that follows once an individual has been labelled as a deviant. 13 of 16 Define Societal Deviance Acts that are seen by most members of society as devainy. 14 of 16 Define White Collar Crime Offences committed by middle class individuals, who abuse their work positions for personal gain at the expense of their organisation. 15 of 16 Definen Situational Deviance Refers to acts only defined as deviant in certain contexts. 16 of 16
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