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What is Deviance
Violation of social and cultural norms
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What is "Social Causes of Crime" or "Why People Commit Crime"
Poverty, personal psychology and development, socialization, and self fulfilling prophecies are all reasons
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What is power
The ability to exercise one's will over another
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What is democracy
This form of government was originated in ancient greece
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What is the economy or economic system
This is the financial infrastructure within a society; it involves who owns the means of production, how wealth is distributed, and how the government manages wealth
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What is Deviance
Violation of folkways or mores or laws
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Enforce laws and public order, prevent crimes, and serve and protect citizens
The police are present in a society in order to do this.
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What is authority
The act of wielding one's power over another - typically a privilege given by society
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What is representative democracy, or republic
Rather than what we usually think the US government is based off of, the structure of government is ACTUALLY this kind
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What is the extent to which the government regulates the financial systems
Types of economic systems are more often than not defined by this
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What are sanctions
These are used to enforce norms as a kind of social control; getting a raise at work or being sent to jail are examples of these
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What is violent, nonviolent, street, corporate, victimless
DAILY DOUBLE: these are the five characteristics that criminal behavior could fall into
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What is monarchy
This form of government involves a single ruler who operates by divine right or lineage
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What is Republican & Democratic
These are the two main parties of the US government
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What is socialism
Canada's economic system (and others) works to regulate ownership of the means of production; while there is some private ownership, the government takes an active hand in regulating certain markets and taxing the public accordingly
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What is Crime
This involves formally breaking the law, which results in the individual receiving negative formal sanctions
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What is Change behavior through reinforcement and punishment
The purpose of the corrections system is to accomplish this twofold task
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What is oligarchy
In this form of government, the inner circle dictates who gets to advance and who holds the power
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What is: it's a winner takes all process, the electoral college picks the actual winner of any election, and small parties miss out on funding, media, debates, etc.
DAILY DOUBLE: Despite there being other parties, such as libertarian, green, constitution, etc., these are the reasons why our society tends to operate along only two parties (republican & democratic)
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What is communal ownership, and the government controls the market
In communism, we make sure that things run smoothly by doing this, comrade
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What is a hate crime
This often violent action is usually based on some characteristic of the victim (e.g. race, religion, sexual orientation)
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What is Police, the Courts, and Corrections
These are the three levels of society's infrastructure that are used to address deviance, as well as to set and enforce public policies
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What is dictatorship
In this totalitarian environment, one person or group of people, take and wield control of society through force
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What is gerrymandering
This form of drawing voting districts to favor the party in power is a form of "legal cheating"
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What is capitalism
This is a free market system, where citizens privately own the means of production, and money flows based on supply and demand






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