Question 1

Which of these aspects of cross-border drug crime help to account for why efforts to counter it have been unsuccessful?

Accepted Answer

A) Drug criminals do not need many resources. 
B) Drug criminals lack expertise to commit crimes. 
C) Drug crimes are hard to conceal. 
D) inactive law enforcement 
A) Drug criminals do not need many resources. 
B) Drug criminals lack expertise to commit crimes. 
C) Drug crimes are hard to conceal. 
D) inactive law enforcement

Question 2

Theorists who attribute some of the causes of deviant behavior to biology are employing ______ theories.

Accepted Answer

A) structural functionalist 
B) constructionist 
C) critical 
D) explanatory 
A) structural functionalist 
B) constructionist 
C) critical 
D) explanatory

Question 3

Crimes can be defined as a form of deviance that is negatively sanctioned by law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of these is a fear of the broken windows approach?

Accepted Answer

A) It results in costly fixes in places that can't afford them. 
B) It gives police wide discretion to deal with people even when the people are not harming someone. 
C) It disproportionately impacts women. 
D) It profiles elderly poor. 
A) It results in costly fixes in places that can't afford them. 
B) It gives police wide discretion to deal with people even when the people are not harming someone. 
C) It disproportionately impacts women. 
D) It profiles elderly poor.

Question 5

Discuss the role of deterrence in the criminal justice system.What are two types of deterrence? How well does the U.S.criminal justice system currently accomplish these two forms of deterrence? Provide examples to support your position.

Accepted Answer

Answer varies but should include a descr

Question 6

Deviance can be defined as which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) an action that always starts with malicious intent 
B) an action,belief,or human characteristic that violates group norms 
C) an act that is the same everywhere across the globe 
D) an act that does not vary across time from one era to another 
A) an action that always starts with malicious intent 
B) an action,belief,or human characteristic that violates group norms 
C) an act that is the same everywhere across the globe 
D) an act that does not vary across time from one era to another

Question 7

A researcher who studies organized crime and utilizes the interactionist perspective would focus on which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) How large-scale societal institutions that are affected by organized crime. 
B) How elites and non-elites are punished differently for participation in organized crime 
C) How a person involved in organized crime chooses to display or hide this association across different settings 
D) How organized crime plays an important role in various societies. 
A) How large-scale societal institutions that are affected by organized crime. 
B) How elites and non-elites are punished differently for participation in organized crime 
C) How a person involved in organized crime chooses to display or hide this association across different settings 
D) How organized crime plays an important role in various societies.

Question 8

Saul is a drug dealer who wants to make quick money.According to strain theory,Saul exemplifies which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) ritualist 
B) innovator 
C) conformist 
D) retreatist 
A) ritualist 
B) innovator 
C) conformist 
D) retreatist

Question 9

What is the term for the act of internalizing a deviant label and organizing one's life around it?

Accepted Answer

A) secondary deviance 
B) primary deviance 
C) tertiary deviance 
D) situational deviance 
A) secondary deviance 
B) primary deviance 
C) tertiary deviance 
D) situational deviance

Question 10

Which of these do conflict/critical theorists argue about the deviant and criminal behavior of members of the elite?

Accepted Answer

A) Elites can commit deviant acts and escape penalties. 
B) Elites often receive harsher punishment than everyone else. 
C) Elites must pay steeper fines in the court system. 
D) Elites receive much more attention and are held to higher standards. 
A) Elites can commit deviant acts and escape penalties. 
B) Elites often receive harsher punishment than everyone else. 
C) Elites must pay steeper fines in the court system. 
D) Elites receive much more attention and are held to higher standards.

Question 11

If the punishment of crimes makes it less likely that individuals are less likely to commit crimes,it is called ______.

Accepted Answer

A) specific deterrence 
B) recidivism 
C) general deterrence 
D) public deterrence 
A) specific deterrence 
B) recidivism 
C) general deterrence 
D) public deterrence

Question 12

One example of the normalization of deviance is historical change in attitudes towards premarital sex.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which term refers to a form of deviance that becomes negatively sanctioned by the legal system?

Accepted Answer

A) legalization 
B) criminalization 
C) criminology 
D) demonization 
A) legalization 
B) criminalization 
C) criminology 
D) demonization

Question 14

Which of these is TRUE of current global trends toward normalizing sexuality?

Accepted Answer

A) Five countries recognize same-sex unions. 
B) Twenty-five countries punish "deviant" sexual behavior by imprisonment. 
C) Eighty-five countries protect "deviant" sexuality by law. 
D) No countries punish "deviant" sexual behavior by death. 
A) Five countries recognize same-sex unions. 
B) Twenty-five countries punish "deviant" sexual behavior by imprisonment. 
C) Eighty-five countries protect "deviant" sexuality by law. 
D) No countries punish "deviant" sexual behavior by death.

Question 15

Which is TRUE of deviance according to the structural-functionalist perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) Deviance is socially constructed through our interactions with others. 
B) Deviance is defined by those who have power. 
C) Deviance issued to define and clarify a group's norms and values. 
D) Deviance is unnecessary in society. 
A) Deviance is socially constructed through our interactions with others. 
B) Deviance is defined by those who have power. 
C) Deviance issued to define and clarify a group's norms and values. 
D) Deviance is unnecessary in society.

Question 16

Harold Garfinkel studied how Agnes,a transgender male-to-female,"passed" as a woman in his classic ______ study.

Accepted Answer

A) ethnomethodological 
B) social control theory 
C) ethnographical 
D) sociolinguistic 
A) ethnomethodological 
B) social control theory 
C) ethnographical 
D) sociolinguistic

Question 17

Recently,criminology shifted from its early focus to a greater concern with ______.

Accepted Answer

A) the social context of crime and its effect on larger society 
B) the social context of controlling crime and its effect on individual criminals 
C) the best ways to rehabilitate criminals 
D) the role of mental illness in the criminal psychology 
A) the social context of crime and its effect on larger society 
B) the social context of controlling crime and its effect on individual criminals 
C) the best ways to rehabilitate criminals 
D) the role of mental illness in the criminal psychology

Question 18

What question did early criminology focus on?

Accepted Answer

A) Which criminals get caught and which criminals go free? 
B) How social institutions encourage or discourage crime? 
C) What physical or psychological characteristics are unique to criminals? 
D) Why some people commit crimes while others do not? 
A) Which criminals get caught and which criminals go free? 
B) How social institutions encourage or discourage crime? 
C) What physical or psychological characteristics are unique to criminals? 
D) Why some people commit crimes while others do not?

Question 19

Efforts over the past several decades to reduce the flow of illegal drugs globally have largely been ineffective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Labeling theory is concerned with the reactions,actions,and interactions of social control agents who label the person as deviant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of these aspects of cross-border drug crime help to account for why efforts to counter it have been unsuccessful?

Theorists who attribute some of the causes of deviant behavior to biology are employing ______ theories.

Crimes can be defined as a form of deviance that is negatively sanctioned by law.

Which of these is a fear of the broken windows approach?

Discuss the role of deterrence in the criminal justice system.What are two types of deterrence? How well does the U.S.criminal justice system currently accomplish these two forms of deterrence? Provide examples to support your position.

Deviance can be defined as which of these?

A researcher who studies organized crime and utilizes the interactionist perspective would focus on which of these?

Saul is a drug dealer who wants to make quick money.According to strain theory,Saul exemplifies which of these?

What is the term for the act of internalizing a deviant label and organizing one's life around it?

Which of these do conflict/critical theorists argue about the deviant and criminal behavior of members of the elite?

If the punishment of crimes makes it less likely that individuals are less likely to commit crimes,it is called ______.

One example of the normalization of deviance is historical change in attitudes towards premarital sex.

Which term refers to a form of deviance that becomes negatively sanctioned by the legal system?

Which of these is TRUE of current global trends toward normalizing sexuality?

Which is TRUE of deviance according to the structural-functionalist perspective?

Harold Garfinkel studied how Agnes,a transgender male-to-female,"passed" as a woman in his classic ______ study.

Recently,criminology shifted from its early focus to a greater concern with ______.

What question did early criminology focus on?

Efforts over the past several decades to reduce the flow of illegal drugs globally have largely been ineffective.

Labeling theory is concerned with the reactions,actions,and interactions of social control agents who label the person as deviant.

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Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

Which of these aspects of cross-border drug crime help to account for why efforts to counter it have been unsuccessful?

Theorists who attribute some of the causes of deviant behavior to biology are employing ______ theories.

Crimes can be defined as a form of deviance that is negatively sanctioned by law.

Which of these is a fear of the broken windows approach?

Discuss the role of deterrence in the criminal justice system.What are two types of deterrence? How well does the U.S.criminal justice system currently accomplish these two forms of deterrence? Provide examples to support your position.

Deviance can be defined as which of these?

A researcher who studies organized crime and utilizes the interactionist perspective would focus on which of these?

Saul is a drug dealer who wants to make quick money.According to strain theory,Saul exemplifies which of these?

What is the term for the act of internalizing a deviant label and organizing one's life around it?

Which of these do conflict/critical theorists argue about the deviant and criminal behavior of members of the elite?

If the punishment of crimes makes it less likely that individuals are less likely to commit crimes,it is called ______.

One example of the normalization of deviance is historical change in attitudes towards premarital sex.

Which term refers to a form of deviance that becomes negatively sanctioned by the legal system?

Which of these is TRUE of current global trends toward normalizing sexuality?

Which is TRUE of deviance according to the structural-functionalist perspective?

Harold Garfinkel studied how Agnes,a transgender male-to-female,"passed" as a woman in his classic ______ study.

Recently,criminology shifted from its early focus to a greater concern with ______.

What question did early criminology focus on?

Efforts over the past several decades to reduce the flow of illegal drugs globally have largely been ineffective.

Labeling theory is concerned with the reactions,actions,and interactions of social control agents who label the person as deviant.

An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age

Thinking Sociologically

Researching the Social World

Culture

Socialization and Interaction

Organizations, societies, and Global Relationships

Social Stratification in the United States

Global Stratification

The Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity

Gender and Sexuality

Families

Education

Religion

Politics and the Economy

The Body, medicine, health, and Health Care

Population, urbanization, and the Environment

Social Change, social Movements, and Collective Action

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