WHITE-COLLAR

1. Deviance- the recognized violation of cultural norms.

2. Crime- the violation of a society’s formally enacted criminal law. 3. Social control- attempts by society to regulate people’s thoughts and behavior. 4. Criminal justice system- the organizations—police, courts, and prison officials—that respond to alleged violations of the law. 5. Labeling- the idea that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions. 6. Stigma- a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person’s self-concept and social identity. 7. White-collar crime- crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations. 8. Corporate crime- consists of the illegal actions of a corporation or people action on its behalf. 9. Hate crime- a criminal act against a person or a person’s property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias. 10. Violent crime- crimes that direct violence or the threat of violence against others. 11. Property crime- crimes that involve theft of money or property belonging to others. 12.