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Shaming as a control strategy is apparently becoming popular again.

Social stratification refers to the division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige.

Across different types of societies hunters and gatherers most seem to value women as highly as men.

All sociologists tend to explain deviance by looking for answers within individuals, such as a possible genetic predisposition to deviance.

Pastoral societies are based upon pasturing animals.

Italian influences in the region are partly explained by a royal wedding.

Crime is the violation of norms that are written into law.

Psychologists often associate a diagnosis of personality disorders as a possible cause of deviance.

A pastoral society is a human group that depends on hunting and gathering for its survival.

In a horticultural society, people cultivate plants using the plow.