Chapter 6 Deviance
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Edwin Sutherland coined the term
white-collar crime
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Crimes committed by women have fallen almost 14 percent since 1993.
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Both men and women in the United States may be stigmatized when they fail to conform to standards of attractiveness.
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According to journalist Naomi Wolf, women in the United States who do not conform to the beauty myth are viewed as deviant.
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Edwin Sutherland coined the term
stigma
to describe the labels society uses to devalue members of certain social groups.
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The high degree of anonymity allowing for uncivil behavior when using the Internet has resulted in calls for the establishment of formal rules for online behavior.
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Control theory reminds us that while the media may focus on crime and disorder, most members of most societies conform to and obey basic norms.
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