Question 1

Lower-class people are overrepresented in arrest and prison admission statistics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

What is a moral entrepreneur? Provide an example.

Accepted Answer

A moral entrepreneur is a person or group that takes an active role in trying to have particular behaviours defined as deviant.Examples will vary.

Question 3

What is important to consider when examining the relationship between social class and crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crime increases during times of high unemployment. 
B)  Poor countries have higher rates of crime than rich countries. 
C)  We do not have the data to adequately assess the relationship between class and crime. 
D)  Lower-class people are underrepresented in arrest and prison admission statistics. 
A)  Crime increases during times of high unemployment. 
B)  Poor countries have higher rates of crime than rich countries. 
C)  We do not have the data to adequately assess the relationship between class and crime. 
D)  Lower-class people are underrepresented in arrest and prison admission statistics. C

Question 4

Sociological theories on crime and deviance tend to complement rather than contradict each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Why are victimization surveys more accurate crime statistics than police records?

Accepted Answer

A)  Police records provide information only from offenders,not victims. 
B)  Victimization surveys provide us with information about crimes that have not been officially reported. 
C)  People are more inclined to remember minor types of crime on victimization surveys. 
D)  Police records can be problematic because police tend not to get many reports from victims. 
A)  Police records provide information only from offenders,not victims. 
B)  Victimization surveys provide us with information about crimes that have not been officially reported. 
C)  People are more inclined to remember minor types of crime on victimization surveys. 
D)  Police records can be problematic because police tend not to get many reports from victims.

Question 6

Police spend most of their time enforcing the law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What does the conflict perspective argue about criminal law?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is applied equally to the different social classes. 
B)  It attempts to reverse the inequalities present in society. 
C)  It was created in order to label deviants as "criminals." 
D)  It protects the interests of the affluent and powerful. 
A)  It is applied equally to the different social classes. 
B)  It attempts to reverse the inequalities present in society. 
C)  It was created in order to label deviants as "criminals." 
D)  It protects the interests of the affluent and powerful.

Question 8

What group seeks to return the focus of the justice system to repairing the harm that has been done to the victim and to the community?

Accepted Answer

A)  Corrections Canada officials 
B)  restorative justice advocates 
C)  police officers 
D)  lawyers 
A)  Corrections Canada officials 
B)  restorative justice advocates 
C)  police officers 
D)  lawyers

Question 9

Using an example,discuss the relationship between crime and race.

Accepted Answer

In societies with diverse populations,so

Question 10

Don does his first break-and-enter at age 16.During his teens,he continues to break into cars and homes until he is sent to jail shortly after his nineteenth birthday.According to Edwin Lemert's labelling theory,what is he demonstrating?

Accepted Answer

A)  career deviance 
B)  primary deviance 
C)  secondary deviance 
D)  undetected deviance 
A)  career deviance 
B)  primary deviance 
C)  secondary deviance 
D)  undetected deviance

Question 11

Defence lawyers argue the accused is guilty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What percentage of those charged with crimes in Canada are men?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 percent 
B)  70 percent 
C)  60 percent 
D)  80 percent 
A)  90 percent 
B)  70 percent 
C)  60 percent 
D)  80 percent

Question 13

The most important gender differences in arrest rates are reflected in the proportionately greater involvement of men in major property crimes and violent crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is a major weakness in the information contained in Canadian Uniform Crime Reporting (CUCR)system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Police statistics always overestimate the amount of crime,because of the high number of false alarms. 
B)  Victims often exaggerate or report crimes that never occurred. 
C)  Police statistics always underreport the actual amount of crime. 
D)  The vast majority of offences reported in the CUCR come from criminals,and police are reluctant to trust their information. 
A)  Police statistics always overestimate the amount of crime,because of the high number of false alarms. 
B)  Victims often exaggerate or report crimes that never occurred. 
C)  Police statistics always underreport the actual amount of crime. 
D)  The vast majority of offences reported in the CUCR come from criminals,and police are reluctant to trust their information.

Question 15

How would sociologists define deviance?

Accepted Answer

A)  any aberrant behaviour or belief 
B)  a serious violation of consistent moral codes 
C)  behaviours,beliefs,or conditions that violate cultural norms 
D)  acts that violate the law 
A)  any aberrant behaviour or belief 
B)  a serious violation of consistent moral codes 
C)  behaviours,beliefs,or conditions that violate cultural norms 
D)  acts that violate the law

Question 16

People who play an active role in defining deviance are called moral crusaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Moral entrepreneurs are persons who use their own views of right and wrong to establish rules and label others as deviant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

According to conflict perspectives,people in positions of power maintain their advantage by using the law to protect their own interests.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to sociologists,how is deviance relative?

Accepted Answer

A)  Certain acts are always considered wrong,regardless of the society. 
B)  An act becomes deviant when it is socially defined as such. 
C)  Most deviant acts occur within families or among relatives. 
D)  Everyone in society is a deviant; it's just that some are more deviant than others. 
A)  Certain acts are always considered wrong,regardless of the society. 
B)  An act becomes deviant when it is socially defined as such. 
C)  Most deviant acts occur within families or among relatives. 
D)  Everyone in society is a deviant; it's just that some are more deviant than others.

Question 20

What was one of the conclusions reached by the Commission on Systemic Racism in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black respondents were less likely than white and Chinese respondents to report that they had been stopped by the police. 
B)  Black respondents were much more likely than white and Chinese respondents to report that they had been stopped by the police and more likely to report feeling that police had treated them unfairly. 
C)  Racial profiling was more pronounced for Chinese respondents than black respondents. 
D)  Chinese respondents were much more likely than white and black respondents to report that they had been stopped by the police and more likely to report feeling that police had treated them unfairly. 
A)  Black respondents were less likely than white and Chinese respondents to report that they had been stopped by the police. 
B)  Black respondents were much more likely than white and Chinese respondents to report that they had been stopped by the police and more likely to report feeling that police had treated them unfairly. 
C)  Racial profiling was more pronounced for Chinese respondents than black respondents. 
D)  Chinese respondents were much more likely than white and black respondents to report that they had been stopped by the police and more likely to report feeling that police had treated them unfairly.

Exam 8: Social Class

Lower-class people are overrepresented in arrest and prison admission statistics.

What is a moral entrepreneur? Provide an example.

What is important to consider when examining the relationship between social class and crime?

Sociological theories on crime and deviance tend to complement rather than contradict each other.

Why are victimization surveys more accurate crime statistics than police records?

Police spend most of their time enforcing the law.

What does the conflict perspective argue about criminal law?

What group seeks to return the focus of the justice system to repairing the harm that has been done to the victim and to the community?

Using an example,discuss the relationship between crime and race.

Don does his first break-and-enter at age 16.During his teens,he continues to break into cars and homes until he is sent to jail shortly after his nineteenth birthday.According to Edwin Lemert's labelling theory,what is he demonstrating?

Defence lawyers argue the accused is guilty.

What percentage of those charged with crimes in Canada are men?

The most important gender differences in arrest rates are reflected in the proportionately greater involvement of men in major property crimes and violent crime.

What is a major weakness in the information contained in Canadian Uniform Crime Reporting (CUCR)system?

How would sociologists define deviance?

People who play an active role in defining deviance are called moral crusaders.

Moral entrepreneurs are persons who use their own views of right and wrong to establish rules and label others as deviant.

According to conflict perspectives,people in positions of power maintain their advantage by using the law to protect their own interests.

According to sociologists,how is deviance relative?

What was one of the conclusions reached by the Commission on Systemic Racism in Canada?

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