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Formal social control
Police, Government, Court Systems controlling criminal behaviour in society.
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Informal social control
Media, Family, Religion and education controlling deviant behaviour
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Labeling theory
The idea that prejudices and labeling of certain individuals can make them more inclined towards crime.
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Corporate crime
Crime committed by companies or individuals within companies.
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Crime rate
The statistical amount of crime in a community which can be compared against other areas.
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Dark Figure
Crime which is not recorded or included in official crime statistics, making it unreliable.
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Deviance
Behaving in a way that rejects norms and values of mainstream society.
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Scapegoat
A scapegoat is a group in society which are blamed, by institutions like the media and the police, for social problems and crime.
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Self-report studies
A type of survey which requires the respondent to confidentially write down crimes they have committed.
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Social Control
social control refers to the processes used to encourage people to conform to the norms and values of mainstream society.
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Sterotype
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Media, Family, Religion and education controlling deviant behaviour

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Informal social control

Card 3

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The idea that prejudices and labeling of certain individuals can make them more inclined towards crime.

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Card 4

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Crime committed by companies or individuals within companies.

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Card 5

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The statistical amount of crime in a community which can be compared against other areas.

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