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3. Routine Activities Theory
Contents that criminal victimization increases
when motivated offenders and suitable targets
converge
4. Labeling Theory
Attempts to explain why certain people are
viewed as deviants, delinquents, bad kids,
losers, and criminals while others whose
behavior is similar are not seen in such harsh
terms
5. Societal-Reaction Approach
Reminds us that responses to an act, not the
behavior itself that determines deviance
1. Conflict Theory
Points our the people with power protect their
own interest and define deviance to suit their
own needs
Richard Quinney
A def. of conduct created by authorized agents
of social control, such as legislators and law
enforcement officers, in a politically organized
society
2. Differential Justice
Differences in the way social control is exercised
over diff. groups
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