Question 1

What is meant by "community-based corrections?" What are the advantages of this approach compared to sending convicted offenders to prison? What are some of the limitations of this approach? Do you favor or oppose expanding community-based corrections? Why?

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Community-based corrections refer to a r...

Question 2

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz states that the label of "insanity" is widely applied to behavior that is actually only "different."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Why did Emile Durkheim claim that deviance was "normal"? List four ways in which deviance is functional for society, according to Durkheim.

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Emile Durkheim claimed that deviance was...

Question 4

"Due process" means handling alleged offenders within the bounds of the law.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is considered deviant is mostly the same behavior all around the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that

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A)   deviance is only what people label as deviant.
B)   most people in the United States will become insane for some period during their lives.
C)   mental illness is a myth so that "insanity" is only "differences" that bother other people.
D)   our society does not do nearly enough to treat the mentally ill.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term _______ correctly describes the behavior of a radical activist who rejects just about everything in the existing society in favor of some alternative system.

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A)   innovator
B)   ritualist
C)   retreatist
D)   rebelE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

In terms of racial categories, most of the people in the United States arrested for FBI Index crimes are

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A)   white.
B)   African American.
C)   people of mixed race.
D)   of Hispanic ancestry.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above A

Question 9

Explain the value and the limitations of biological and psychological explanations of crime.Expand the essay by explaining the strengths of a sociological approach to understanding crime.

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Biological and psychological explanation...

Question 10

Cloward and Ohlin extended Merton's theory of deviance, stating that crime

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A)   reflects both limited legitimate opportunity as well as accessible illegitimate opportunity.
B)   is more common among the rich who have more opportunity.
C)   is defined in such a way as to overly criminalize the poor.
D)   is typically a result of drug dependence or other substance addiction.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 11

Using a Marxist approach, Steven Spitzer claims that prime targets for deviant labeling include

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A)   people who try to take the property of others.
B)   people who work hard but are poor.
C)   perpetrators of white-collar crime.
D)   people who have social power.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

His friends begin to criticize Marco as a "juice-head," pushing him out of their social circle.Marco begins to drink even more, becomes bitter, and joins a new group of friends who also are heavy drinkers.According to Lemert, Marco's situation illustrates

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A)   the onset of primary deviance.
B)   the onset of secondary deviance.
C)   the formation of a deviant subculture.
D)   the onset of retreatism.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) B

Question 13

What concept did Erving Goffman use to refer to a powerful and negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity?

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A)   a deviant ritual
B)   a degradation ceremony
C)   a secondary identity
D)   stigmaE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Define each of the following: white-collar crime, corporate crime, organized crime, and hate crime.

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White-collar crime refers to non-violent...

Question 15

According to Elliot Currie, factors that explain the high crime rate in the United States by world standards include

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A)   our cultural homogeneity.
B)   a lack of interest in punishing offenders.
C)   the high level of immigration.
D)   our emphasis on individual economic success, which weakens the social fabric.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

Participating in the subculture that Elijah Anderson describes as "the code of the streets" raises the risk that young people will end up

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A)   conforming to conventional morality.
B)   doing better than their parents.
C)   having a career in law enforcement.
D)   in jail or worse.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D) D

Question 17

Reducing prison overcrowding, the costs of dealing with offenders, and helping offenders avoid the stigma of incarceration are all advantages of

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A)   societal protection.
B)   criminal recidivism.
C)   the death penalty.
D)   community-based corrections.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 18

The correct view of the role of biology in causing people to commit crimes is that

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A)   males with certain body types commit the most serious crimes.
B)   Lombroso proved a century ago that biological factors are the major cause of crime.
C)   biological factors may have a real but small effect in causing some people to commit crimes.
D)   genetics research has succeeded in explaining most criminality.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

The old saying, "An eye for an eye," expresses the idea underlying the policy of rehabilitation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Mike reports the theft of his dirt bike from the front yard of his house.The police would record this as which type of crime?

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A)   burglary
B)   larceny-theft
C)   robbery
D)   auto-theftE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 7: Deviance

What is meant by "community-based corrections?" What are the advantages of this approach compared to sending convicted offenders to prison? What are some of the limitations of this approach? Do you favor or oppose expanding community-based corrections? Why?

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Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz states that the label of "insanity" is widely applied to behavior that is actually only "different."

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Why did Emile Durkheim claim that deviance was "normal"? List four ways in which deviance is functional for society, according to Durkheim.

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"Due process" means handling alleged offenders within the bounds of the law.

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What is considered deviant is mostly the same behavior all around the world.

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Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that

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According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term _______ correctly describes the behavior of a radical activist who rejects just about everything in the existing society in favor of some alternative system.

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In terms of racial categories, most of the people in the United States arrested for FBI Index crimes are

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Explain the value and the limitations of biological and psychological explanations of crime.Expand the essay by explaining the strengths of a sociological approach to understanding crime.

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Cloward and Ohlin extended Merton's theory of deviance, stating that crime

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Using a Marxist approach, Steven Spitzer claims that prime targets for deviant labeling include

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His friends begin to criticize Marco as a "juice-head," pushing him out of their social circle.Marco begins to drink even more, becomes bitter, and joins a new group of friends who also are heavy drinkers.According to Lemert, Marco's situation illustrates

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What concept did Erving Goffman use to refer to a powerful and negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity?

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Define each of the following: white-collar crime, corporate crime, organized crime, and hate crime.

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According to Elliot Currie, factors that explain the high crime rate in the United States by world standards include

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Participating in the subculture that Elijah Anderson describes as "the code of the streets" raises the risk that young people will end up

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Reducing prison overcrowding, the costs of dealing with offenders, and helping offenders avoid the stigma of incarceration are all advantages of

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The correct view of the role of biology in causing people to commit crimes is that

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The old saying, "An eye for an eye," expresses the idea underlying the policy of rehabilitation.

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Mike reports the theft of his dirt bike from the front yard of his house.The police would record this as which type of crime?

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