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the violation of norms

the violation of norms written into law

a groups formal and informal means of enforcing its norms

the view that the labels people are given affect their own and other's percetptions of them. So either conform of deviate

Wealth= The total value of everything someone owns minus the debts

Income=Money received from job

The ability to carry out your will even with resistance

respect or regard

a group of people for whom poverty persists

The change that family members make in social class from one generation to the next

moving up or down in social latters

the official measure of poverty

a condition in which most women ran households are broke

The assumption that the values and behaviors of the poor make them different from others

the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females

biological characteristics that define male and female

WHen born and given blue for a boy and girl pink

men as a group dominating women as a group authority is vested in males

the philosophy that men and women should be socially equal

the mostly invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing in top levels

Males and femals unequal access to property power and prestige

a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish them from others

having distinctive cultural characteristics

an acto of unfair treatment directed against an indivdual or group

not liking someone based on race

prejudging in a negative way

the group with the most power, highes social status etc

person to person discrimination

negative treatment to a group of minority that is built into societies institutions

the process of being absorbed into the main stream culture

the diffusion of power among many interest groups that prevents any single group from gaining control of the government

a policy that permits or encourages ethnic differences

the  number of years that an average person at any age can expect to live

the growing percentage of older people in the u.s population

the maximum life of a species

prejudice and discriminations directed against people because of their age

people born at roughly the same time who pass through life courses together

the number of workers who are required to support each dependent person

ranking high or low on all three dimensions of social class

ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others

a groups usual and customary social arrangement on which its members depend and on which they base their lives

• Biological factors including genetics explain the reason why people commit criminal acts
• T or F

Crime is simply on example of deviance t or f

• Functionalist believe deviance has no useful purose in society and only contributes to social chaos
• T or F

T or F: Poverty is relatively equally distributed in america by state and between rural urban settings

Defining Social class in America is an objective science because their are clear cut  agreed upon definitions of each social class T or F

T or F: Labeling theory, differential association theory, and control theory all represent the conflict perspective

T or F: Functionalist would contend that the growing crime rates among women  are the resutl of changing social location and gender roles, giving women greater access to  illegitimate opportunities.

inborn tendencies to commit criminal actis

ways of thinking ofrationalizing that help people to deflect societys rules

a term to  describe an attempt to remake the self by stripping away an individuals self identity and stamping a new identity in its place