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SOCWK2
Sociology Week 2
Question | Answer |
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altruistic suicide | the type of suicide that can occur when there is excessive regulation of individuals by social forces |
anomic suicide | the type of suicide occurring when there are disintegrating forces in the society that make individuals feel lost or alone |
Anomie | the condition existing when social regulations (norms) in a society break down |
Bioterrorism | a form of terrorism involving the dispersion of chemical or biological substances intended to cause widespread disease and death |
Crime | one form of deviance; specifically, behavior that violates criminal laws |
Criminology | the study of crime from a scientific perspective |
Cyberterrorism | : the use of the computer to commit one or more terrorist acts |
Deviance | : behavior that is recognized as violating expected rules and norms |
deviant career | the sequence of movements people make through a particular system of deviance |
deviant community | groups that are organized around particular forms of social deviance |
deviant identity | the definition a person has of himself or herself as a deviant |
differential association theory | theory that interprets deviance as behavior one learns through interaction with others |
egoistic suicide | the type of suicide that occurs when people feel totally detached from society |
elite deviance | the wrongdoing of wealthy and powerful individuals and organizations |
hate crime | assaults and other malicious acts (including crimes against property) motivated by various forms of bias, including that based on race, religion, sexual-orientation, ethnic and national origin, or disability |
index crimes | the FBI's tallying of violent crimes of murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, plus property crimes |
labeling theory | a theory that interprets the responses of others as most significant in understanding deviant behavior |
master status | some characteristic of a person that overrides all other features of the person's identity |
medicalization of deviance | explanations of deviant behavior that interpret deviance as the result of individual pathology or sickness |
racial profiling | the use of race alone as the criterion for deciding whether to stop and detain someone on suspicion of their having committed a crime |
social control | the process by which groups and individuals within those groups are brought into conformity with dominant social exceptions |
social control agents | those who regulate and administer the response to deviance, such as the police, or mental health workers |
social control theory | theory that explains deviance as the result of the weakening of social bonds |
Stigma | an attribute that is socially devalued and discredited |
structural strain theory | a theory that interprets deviance as originating in the tensions that exist in society between cultural goals and the means people have to achieve those goals |
Terrorism | the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government or population in furtherance of political or social objectives |