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Crime and Deviance key Words
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- 1Agenda SettingThe theory that describes the ability of the news media to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda.
- 2Agent of Social controlInstitutions that influence the process of social control, e.g. families, schools or the police.
- 3AlienationThe experience of seperation
- 4AnomieThe breakdown of norms governing accepted social behaviour
- 5Anti-social behaviourBehaviour in which you isolate yourself from society.
- 6Chivalry thesisThe theory that women are treated more leniently than men in the criminal justice system
- 7Community serviceVoluntary work intended to help people in a particular area.
- 8ConformityActing according to certain accepted social standards
- 9ConsensusA general agreement
- 10Control theorythe theory that women engage in less crime and deviant behaviour because they are subject to greater social control
- 11Corporate crimeCrimes committed by a business or individuals committing crimes on behalf of businesses
- 12Crimean action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law.
- 13Crime rateThe ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area
- 14Criminal subcultureCultural groups within a larger culture that have deviant attitudes to the law and committing criminal offences.
- 15Dark figure of crimeThe amount of unreported or undiscovered crime.
- 16DelinquencyMinor crime, especially that committed by young people.
- 17DevianceParting with social norms.
- 18Deviancy amplificationA media hype phenomenon defined by media critics as a cycle of increasing numbers of reports on a category of antisocial behaviour.
- 19Deviant careerE.g. Drug dealer, Prostitute
- 20DiscriminationUnfair treatment of a person or group.
- 21EconomyThe state of a country or religion in terms of the production and consumption.
- 22Established ChurchThe Church of England or of Scotland.
- 23Ethnic DiversityPeople that have different cultures
- 24Ethnic groupA group of people that share the same culture.
- 25Eyhnic minorityA small ethnic group
- 26EthnicityA shared cultural identity e.g. language and customs
- 27Ethnographythe Ethnic systemic study of people and cultures
- 28ExpectationsAct or state of expecting
- 29FeminismThe belief that men and women should be equal.
- 30feministsPeople who believe that men and women should have equal rights
- 31Folk DevilsA person or thing held to be a bad influence on society.
- 32FunctionalismA sociological perspective that attempts to explain social structures by reference to the role that they perform for society as a whole
- 33FunctionalistSomeone that believes that society performs as a whole.
- 34Functionally important rolesh
- 35FundermentalismA form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
- 36GenderA culturally determined identity
- 37Gender and criminalityh
- 38gender dealh
- 39gender rolesThe role or behaviour learned by a person as appropriate to their gender
- 40identityThe fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
- 41Identity theftThe fraudulent practice of using another person's name and personal information in order to obtain credit, loans, etc.
- 42ImageThe general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public
- 43Indictable thefth
- 44Informed consentPermission granted in full knowledge of the possible consequences,
- 45InjusticeLack of fairness or justice.
- 46Institutional racismA pattern of social institutions,e.g. government
- 47Intelligence quotientA total score derived from a set of standardized tests designed to access human intelligence.
- 48InteractionismA theoretical perspective that focuses on small-scale everyday social interactions
- 49JudiciaryThe part of a country's government that is responsible for its legal system and which consists of all the judges in the country's court of law.
- 50LabellingWhen someone labels someone as something, e.g. 'success', 'faliure'
- 51lawA system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime
- 52Legislationlaws passed by a government
- 53Legislative processThe sequence of steps required for laws to move through the system
- 54Life ChancesThe opportunities that an individual has to share in the cultural and material rewards that a society has to offer, e.g. access to education and employment.
- 55MagistrateAn officer of the state. Normally someone who voluntarily hears cases in tribunals.
- 56Male dominationSomewhere that is male dominated, e.g. a group.
- 57MarxismIdeas based on an interpretation of the ideas of Karl Marx.
- 58MarxistSomeone that thinks society's issues are to due to the class system.
- 59Mass mediaAll media
- 60Master statusA social status that is the primary socially identifying characteristic of an individual, such as being the queen.
- 61Media amplificationA process, often performed by the mass media, in which the extent and seriousness of deviant behaviour is exaggerated.
- 62Media stereotypeA widely held but fixed and over simplified image or idea of a particular person or thing.
- 63Miscarriage of justiceThe conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit.
- 64Moral PanicA feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society.
- 65National CurriculumA common programme of study in schools that is designed to ensure nationwide uniformity of content and standards in education.
- 66News valueDetermines how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet
- 67Non-indictable offenceAn offence that can be tried in the Crown Court
- 68NormsWhat is said to be normal in society.
- 69Official crime statisticsStatistics of crime published by the government.
- 70PluralismA condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.
- 71Police cautionA formal warning given by the police to anyone aged 10 years
- 72Popular pressMaterial written for the general public
- 73Povertythe state of being extremely poor.
- 74Prison systemA system in which criminals go in order to correct their wrongs.
- 75PrivatisationThe transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control.
- 76Probation systemThe system in which you are let out of prison but are made to follow a set of rules to stay out.
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