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| Question | Answer |
| ??? | -John Locke -humans as blank slate -personality based on experience and social interaction |
| Social Structures | -stable patterns of social interactions |
| Bureaucracy | -efficient social technology |
| Scientific Revolution | -sound conclusions about the world must be based on solid evidence, not just speculation |
| Consumerism | -tendency to define ourselves in terms of the goods and services we purchase |
| Subculture | -set of distinct values, norms and practices within a larger culture |
| Protestant Ethic | ??? |
| Environmental Design | -environment as effecting / preventing crime -part of the ethnographic approach -ex. street lights, cameras |
| Social Groups | -one or more networks of people who identify with each other and adhere to defined norms, roles, and statuses |
| Social Categories | -people who share similar status, but do not identify with each other |
| Social Constructionism | -focus on how social problems are define and responded to -crime is a social construct, that changes over geography and crime |
| Crime Funnel | crimes reports arrests charges guilty plea guilty at trial acquittal |
| Inductive Approach | -"grounded theory" -researchers interact with group they are studying |
| Folkway | -violation evokes least severe form of punishment -least important type of norm |
| Mores | -core norms that most people believe in are essential for the survival of their group in society -social requirements |
| Taboo | -strongest type of norm -met with severe punishment and revulsion in community -ex. incest |
| Rights Revolution | -socially excluded groups struggling to win equal rights under law and practice |
| 3 Types of Suicide | -altruistic (high levels of solidarity) -anomic (society without norms) -egoistic (not firmly attached) |
| Social Solidarity | -increases the more a group shares beliefs and values -and with the frequency and intensity they interact |
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