Chapter+03


 * __Peer group__: a social group whose members have interests, social position, and age in common
 * The members of Agent Lisbon's team are Kimball Cho, Grace Van Pelt, and Wayne Rigsby. These three are all in the same social class, are of similar age, and enjoy going out together after work.


 * __Resocialization__: radically changing an inmate's personality by carefully controlling the environment
 * Red John kidnapped Kristina Frye an acclaimed psychic who sometimes works with the CBI. The team eventually finds her and sees that she is a totally changed woman. Red John had kept her isolated in a room all by herself with no connection to the outside world.


 * __Mass media__: the means for delivering impersonal communications to a vast audience
 * The CBI often has to address the public about crimes and let the community know who they are looking for. They hold press conferences in order to let the public know what is going on.

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 * ** Total Institution: A setting in which people are isolated from the rest of society and controlled by an administrative staff. **
 * ** When Jane and the other 5 hostages were kept in the City Hall building they were not allowed to use the restroom nor move without the permission of Ron Crosswhite. They were isolated without any communication to the outside because of the phones that he destroyed. **
 * ** Anticipatory Socialization: Learning that helps a person achieve a desired position. **
 * ** Senior Special Agent Teresa Lisbon had to learn all the procedures and rules of the CBI in order to receive the title of Senior Agent. She clearly understands the rules and responsibilities of being a senior agent and performs her job well. **
 * ** Formal Operational Stage: Piaget's term for the level of human development at which individuals think abstractly and critically. **
 * **Jane thinks in a way that is very critical, in a way that not many can think and he uses this thought process to trick people. Jane helps solve many cases by his abstract and critical thinking, making people believe he knows something when he really doesn't**.