Unit 6 Concepts
The important concepts in Unit 6 are listed below. The readings and other learning opportunities are designed to help you become familiar with these concepts. You should know the definitions of each concept and also how sociologists use these concepts. Try to incorporate these concepts into your work for this course.
| (1) Deviance | (18) Violent Crime |
| (2) Social Control | (19) Street Crime |
| (3) Crime | (20) Property Crime |
| (4) Criminal Justice System | (21) Victimless Crime |
| (5) Biological Explanations of Deviance | (22) Due Process |
| (6) Personality Explanations of Deviance | (23) Police |
| (7) Strain Theory | (24) Courts |
| (8) Deviant Subcultures | (25) Plea Bargain |
| (9) Labeling | (26) Punishment |
| (10) Stigma | (27) Retribution |
| (11) Medicalization of Deviance | (28) Deterrence |
| (12) Differential Association Theory | (29) Rehabilitation |
| (13) Control Theory | (30) Societal Protection |
| (14) White Collar Crime | (31) Criminal Recividism |
| (15) Corporate Crime | (32) Community-Based Corrections |
| (16) Organized Crime | (33) Probation |
| (17) Hate Crime | (34) Parole |
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