Deviance and Social Control Chapter 7 Terms Crossword

A behavior that departs from societal or group norms
A person who breaks significant societal or group norms
Ways to encourage conformity to society's norms is called?
What are rewards or punishments that encourage conformity to social norms called?
What is a social condition in which norms are weak, conflicting, or absent?
A theory that deviance is more likely to occur when a gap exists between cultural goals and the ability to achieve these goals by legitimate means is?
A theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society is?
The theory that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant is called?
What is deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept?
What is an undesirable trait or label that is used to characterize an individual called?
What is an act committed in violation of the law?
Discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment is called?
What is punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts called?
A method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prisons is called?
A process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialzation is called?
A repetition of or return to criminal behavior is called?