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Chapter 7: Crime and Deviance

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– incarceration rate: the number of people in state and federal prisons 

– criminal justice system: formal institutions designed to enforce, arbitrate, and carry out the laws of society 

– capital punishment: a penalty for criminal behavior that results in the perpetrator\\\\\\\’s death

– index crimes: the eight forms of criminal behavior to create the FBI\\\\\\\’s Uniform Crime Report 

– cybercrime: a crime that targets the computer systems of an individual or group

– hate crime: criminal behavior directed at individuals or groups based on their race, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or religion

– crime rate: statistical count of different categories of crime compiled by federal, state, and local agencies 

– differential justice: differences in how groups are treated in the criminal justice system 

– plea bargains: agreements in which the accused pleads guilty to the crime in exchange for a lesser sentence 

– collective conscience: set of shared attitudes, beliefs, and ideas about how things should be in society 

– symbolic interactions: theory considers social problems associated with deviance from the individual\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s perspective. 

– transnational crime: that crosses interstate or international borders 

– counterfeiting: the manufacturing and selling of illegally copied products 

top seized goods: 

1. shoes and footwear

2. clothing and textiles

3. leather goods and purses 

4. electronics

5. watches

6. camera and video cameras

7. perfumes and cosmetics 

8. toys 

9. jewelry 

 – surveillance: involves the use of technology to monitor the action and behavior of others 

\” gag order\” : prevents anyone that knows about government spying from revealing it to the person being spied upon