Chapter 13
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enestingen on June 20, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Deviance | the violation of norms that a society agrees upon |
| crime | the violation of norms that have been written into law |
| criminology | the scientific studies of crime, deviance, and social policies that the criminal justice system applies |
| consensus model of law | suggests that laws arise because people see a behavior they do not like, and they agree to make it illegal |
| conflict model of law | proposes that powerful people write laws to protect their own interests while punishing the actions of those they wish to control |
| reintegrative shaming | an effort to bring an offender back into the community after punishment |
| deterrence | a measure that prevents a person from doing something because of fear of the consequences |
| recidivism | the tendency for inmates released from prison to return to prison |
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