Chapter+07


 * ** Organized Crime: A business supplying illegal good or services **
 * ** In one of the episodes, the suspects were producing and selling methamphetamine helped lead them to the true killer. The killer was involved in this illegal activity which lead to his arrest **
 * ** Criminal Justice System: The organizations- police, courts, and prison officials- the respond to alleged violations of the law. **
 * ** The CBI is an organization that is part of the government system that protects the citizens of Sacramento. They respond to calls involving homicides and use Jane and his unique psychic powers to solve the crimes. **


 * ** Stigma: a powerfully negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity. **
 * ** The people who commit these crimes on the Mentalist make powerful decisions that influence the rest of their life. The crimes that they commit have a powerful impact on the rest of their lives and they will never lose the status of being a criminal. **


 * __Deterrence__: the attempt to discourage criminality through the use of punishment
 * In just about every episode, Jane and the CBI team solve investigations having to do with murder and they always punish the killer by putting him in jail. The act of putting the criminals in jail is a deterrence.


 * __Crimes against the person__: crimes that direct violence or the threat of violence against others; also known as violent crimes
 * In one episode a man murders his wife's ex-husband by shooting him, because he disgraced him in his own house in front of his wife and step-daughter.


 * __Deviance__: the recognized violation of cultural norms
 * Every episode of The mentalist involves murder and/or kidnapping which are both violations of our cultural norms.