The idea that maintains that two control systems (inner and outer) work against our tendencies to deviate.
A term used to indicate that associating with some groups results in learning an "excess of definitions" of deviance.
It refers to the punishment of offenders in order to restore the moral balance upset by the offenders.
This refers to "blemishes" that discredit a person's claim to "normal identity."
The process of re-socializing the offenders in order that they can become conforming citizens.
The formal and informal means of enforcing norms.
The violation of norms that are written into law.
Rituals designed to strip an individual of his identity as group member.
Strain theory was coined by ______________________.
Differential association was introduced by_______________________.