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A. The process of social interaction by which definitions favorable and unfavorable to deviation are taught and learned.
B. Offenses that involve willing exchanges of strongly desired, but illegal goods and services in which none of the participants consider themselves victims.
C. A symbolic interactionist theory of deviance that sees deviance not as a result of some quality of an act, attribute, or belief, but rather as the product of others applying rules or sanctions to a particular person.
D. An imbalance between the goals of a society and the means to achieve these goals.
E. Any act, attribute, or belief that violates a norm and elicits from others a negative or positive reaction.
F. Crimes against employees by employees
G. The violation of norms a society considers so important that it enacts laws to force compliance with them.
H. The process of publicly attaching an official label of deviant to an individual.
I. The power of criminal justice officials to decide for themselves how to handle a specific case.
J. A group within the dominant culture that shares some of its elements, but at the same time differentiates itself from the dominant culture in a specific way.
K. Eight crimes spotlighted by the FBI in the Uniform Crime Reports; these crimes are homicide and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
L. Rule breaking
M. A theory developed by Travis Hirschi that proposes that deviance results when an individual has weak social bonds to conventional institutions.
N. A process whereby the accused agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduction in the charges or the sentence.
O. A behavior which if engaged in by an adult would not be considered illegal, such as running away from home, incorrigibility, and being in danger of becoming "morally depraved."
P. Crimes that cause or threaten to cause physical injury to an individual.
Q. Crimes committed by major decision makers of a corporation or government who, in the pursuit of profits or in the name of national security, engage in illegal activity.
R. Statistics on the number of crimes reported to the police as compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
S. The assignment of various acts, attributes, and beliefs considered deviant to the realm of psychiatric medicine and psychology for treatment and "cure."
T. A court requirement that a defendant post a specified sum of money to guarantee his or her return to court for a hearing.
U. The willful attempt of an individual or group to take advantage of their professional position to illegally secure something of value.
V. Responses aimed at inhibiting or punishing deviation and promoting or rewarding conformity.
W. Crimes involving theft or damage to an individual's possessions.
X. Deviation that results from social reaction.
Y. Expectations about how the individual will behave are fulfilled, not so much because the person is truly deviant, but because both the person and others have come to believe that he or she is deviant and behave accordingly.
Z. A survey of a sample of the general population conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice that asks about experiences of criminal victimization during a specific period of time and whether these experiences were reported to the police.
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