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| The view that society is divided into two or more groups with competing ideas and values. The group with the most power makes the laws. |
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| States that laws are a result of, and a reflection of general agreement in society. |
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| LIke consensus theory, but also looks at how the law acts to resolve everyday disputes in society, and how it acts to serve everyone, not just those in power. |
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| Rules and regulations backed with the coercive power of the state. |
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| A type of less complex society where member share common beliefs and values. |
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| A complex type of society marked by functional interdependence. |
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| Instead of one centralized, all-powerful group making the rues, there are several power groups, both formal and informal and often with overlapping interests, that wrestle for control and power. |
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| crimes committed by radical groups to overthrow a government or overturn a government action, or crimes committed by government officials to control groups seen as a threat. |
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| a normative system with rules concerning the way people should and should not behave. |
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| exhibited by family church and school. |
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| exhibited by the police and teh courts |
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| criminal and deviant acts will increase as the number of people opposed to the interests of the powerful increases. |
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| a process of learning and teaching expected norms and values of a society. |
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