Exam 7: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Sociologists would classify a drug-dealing gang whose members hold values that differ substantially from those of the majority as a:

Recent criminological research has found that adolescents in romantic relationships are less likely to commit crime than other adolescents, "perhaps because romantic love discourages offending by strengthening the social bond." This finding best supports which of the following theories of crime?

In a study conducted by Devah Pager and her colleagues looking at preferences of Milwaukee employers seeking entry-level workers, they found which two groups to be similarly preferred?

Labeling theorists interpret deviance as a(n):

Which crime has the highest reporting rate in the United States?

Victor Rios's work in Oakland on policing techniques shows the extent to which those populations are strained by the continuous presence of police. What is one significant problem that arises from this approach?

MATCHING -Retreatists

MATCHING -Rebels

The process of bringing community and family members into court to publicly state their condemnation of a criminal's behavior and to accept the responsibility for reintegrating the offender back into the community is called:

Police forces have grown steadily in the past 30 years in response to public demands for more protection. How has this affected the rate of violent crime in the United States?

Which country has the highest incarceration rate in the world?

What are the four different types of sanctions? Give an example of each. Answer in four to five sentences.

Most rapes in the United States are:

Who are the most common victims of murder and other violent crimes in the United States?

Compare the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) with the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Which is a better measure of crime? Answer in one paragraph.

Do you think that if everyone is a rule follower, this will lead to a safer and more equitable society? What do your textbook authors think? What do you think of their claims? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Sometime in 2010, computer experts discovered the existence of a computer virus later named Stuxnet. It was never discovered how the virus was developed or where it originated. The purpose of this malicious software was to attack certain types of machinery used by Iran to enrich nuclear material. What is this an example of?

The two theories explaining deviance that are classified as interactionist are:

When peer groups make fun of someone's clothes, what type of sanction is this an example of?

Since the early 1990s, what has been the trend in reported crime rates in the United States?