Crime and Deviance Key Words 3.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Megan PengellyCreated on: 13-10-12 14:51 Corporate Crime Also known as white collar or middle class crime. Generally materialistic. Includes imbezzlement, tex evasion etc. 1 of 35 Crime Any act which is against the law. 2 of 35 Delinquency Failure to do what law or society needs 3 of 35 Deviance An act which may be against the norm, but is NOT illegal 4 of 35 Deviancy Amplification The idea that small acts can lead to more serious ones through labelling 5 of 35 Gross Domestic Product The value of a country's services or goods 6 of 35 Folk Devil A person demonised by society or the media for being deviant 7 of 35 Deviant Career When someone's main identity in life becomes their deviance 8 of 35 Hegemonic Masculinity A cultural sterotype of masculinity 9 of 35 Marginality Where some people are cast out to the edges of society 10 of 35 Master Status The status which defines people (happens through labelling) 11 of 35 Moral Entrepenuer Someone who seeks to influence the normas of society 12 of 35 Moral Panic The intensity of feeling about certain issues in society 13 of 35 Moral Regulation Things which influence society's feeling about ethical issues e.g. drugs and alcohol 14 of 35 Primary Deviance Society does not label them for their deviant act 15 of 35 Secondary Deviance Society labels them for deviant act and they may take on this status 16 of 35 Situational Deviance Deviant becuase of a certain culture, may be normal somewhere else 17 of 35 Social Control Control over people's actions through policing and law 18 of 35 Social Exclusion When some groups are marginalised from mainstream society becuase of characteristics 19 of 35 Social Integration Fitting in with society 20 of 35 Societal Deviance Things which 'common sensed' people may consider to be deviant 21 of 35 Status Frustration The idea that working class delinquency is a response to a society set up for the middle class. Cohen. 22 of 35 Tautology A statement which is always true 23 of 35 Techniques of nuetralisation The temporary nuetralisation of feelings such as guilt or morality which happens when people commit deviant acts. 24 of 35 Victimology The study of those who become victims 25 of 35 White Collar Crime That which often goes without punishment, and is generally utilatarian. 26 of 35 Label A status which is attatched to someone becuase of something they have done or certain characteristics 27 of 35 Social Construction of crime The idea that something is only a crime if society deems it to be 28 of 35 Street crime Crime such as mugging or vandalism 29 of 35 Downes and Rock Suggest ambiguity is a key feature in crime, as people are often unsure of what they are doing 30 of 35 Plummer Theorist on Societal deviance and situational deviance 31 of 35 Situational deviance factors The Time, The society/culture, The Social Group, The place 32 of 35 Reiner theorised on 'newsworthiness of crimes'. 33 of 35 Jewkes' Values of news Threshold, Proximity, Predictability, Individualism, Simplification, Risk, Spectacle, Celebrity, Children, Sex, Violence, Conservatism 34 of 35 Greer Theorised that all media exaggerates and distorts crime. 35 of 35
Structuralist essay, with functionalist and new right theory e.g Durkhiem (Anomie) Merton ..ect 0.0 / 5
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