Question 1

Why is cybercrime so difficult to prosecute? What strategies could you suggest to more easily prosecute cybercriminals? Answer in one paragraph.

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The answer of Why is cybercrime so difficult to prosecute?...

Question 2

What explanations do your textbook authors mention for the drop in crime rates since the early 1990s? What explanations do you think are the most compelling? Why do you think so? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Accepted Answer

The answer of What explanations do your textbook authors mention...

Question 3

Jane Jacobs found that the public peace of cities is kept primarily by the police.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following research findings supports the chivalry thesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  For a given criminal offense, women receive harsher sentences than men. 
B)  Older women offenders are treated more aggressively than male offenders of the same age. 
C)  Police are less likely to arrest women than men for similar activities. 
D)  Women are more likely to commit small-scale property crimes than violent crimes. 
A)  For a given criminal offense, women receive harsher sentences than men. 
B)  Older women offenders are treated more aggressively than male offenders of the same age. 
C)  Police are less likely to arrest women than men for similar activities. 
D)  Women are more likely to commit small-scale property crimes than violent crimes.

Question 5

Émile Durkheim argues that deviance is necessary for a society, as it has an adaptive function. In suggesting this, Durkheim felt that society should respond to deviance in what way?

Accepted Answer

A)  Allow deviance to flourish, and it will burn itself out. 
B)  Eliminate all deviance through social cohesion. 
C)  Keep deviance within acceptable boundaries. 
D)  Eliminate anomie through the imposition of clear standards of behavior. 
A)  Allow deviance to flourish, and it will burn itself out. 
B)  Eliminate all deviance through social cohesion. 
C)  Keep deviance within acceptable boundaries. 
D)  Eliminate anomie through the imposition of clear standards of behavior.

Question 6

The context in which behavior occurs often makes the difference in whether it is considered deviant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Official crime statistics published by the government are based on information obtained from:

Accepted Answer

A)  arrest records 
B)  eyewitness accounts 
C)  newspaper articles 
D)  police reports 
A)  arrest records 
B)  eyewitness accounts 
C)  newspaper articles 
D)  police reports

Question 8

A very straitlaced friend of yours has told you that she never ever breaks any rules such as speed limits, is never late, or anything similar. She is apparently "little miss perfect." Why would a sociologist suggest that her claim cannot be true?

Accepted Answer

A)  We are all members of deviant subcultures. 
B)  No one conforms to all the rules. 
C)  We are all conformists. 
D)  We all create rules. 
A)  We are all members of deviant subcultures. 
B)  No one conforms to all the rules. 
C)  We are all conformists. 
D)  We all create rules.

Question 9

MATCHING
-Ritualists

Accepted Answer

A) Reject both the existing values and the means of achieving them but work to substitute new ones and reconstruct the social system 
B) Abandoned the competitive outlook, rejecting both the dominant values and the approved means of achieving them 
C) Conform to socially accepted standards, though they have lost sight of their underlying values 
D) When there are no clear standards to guide behavior in a given area of social life 
E) Accept generally held values and the means to achieve them
F)Accept socially approved values but use illegitimate or illegal means to follow them 
A) Reject both the existing values and the means of achieving them but work to substitute new ones and reconstruct the social system 
B) Abandoned the competitive outlook, rejecting both the dominant values and the approved means of achieving them 
C) Conform to socially accepted standards, though they have lost sight of their underlying values 
D) When there are no clear standards to guide behavior in a given area of social life 
E) Accept generally held values and the means to achieve them
F)Accept socially approved values but use illegitimate or illegal means to follow them

Question 10

In the movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest," one of the patients in the mental hospital tells the other inmates that they are not crazy and they should not act as though they are just because the head nurse tells them they are. Which of the following theories best explains the patients' behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A)  control 
B)  differential association 
C)  labeling 
D)  anomie 
A)  control 
B)  differential association 
C)  labeling 
D)  anomie

Question 11

Paul lives in a high-crime area. Many of the people he sees in the course of a day and knows are involved in criminal activities, thus increasing his opportunity to learn criminal behavior. Which of the following concepts best explains why Paul might engage in crime?

Accepted Answer

A)  relative deprivation 
B)  secondary deviation 
C)  labeling 
D)  differential association 
A)  relative deprivation 
B)  secondary deviation 
C)  labeling 
D)  differential association

Question 12

African Americans make up around what percent of the current prison population?

Accepted Answer

A)  13 
B)  21 
C)  35 
D)  55 
A)  13 
B)  21 
C)  35 
D)  55

Why is cybercrime so difficult to prosecute? What strategies could you suggest to more easily prosecute cybercriminals? Answer in one paragraph.

What explanations do your textbook authors mention for the drop in crime rates since the early 1990s? What explanations do you think are the most compelling? Why do you think so? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Jane Jacobs found that the public peace of cities is kept primarily by the police.

Which of the following research findings supports the chivalry thesis?

Émile Durkheim argues that deviance is necessary for a society, as it has an adaptive function. In suggesting this, Durkheim felt that society should respond to deviance in what way?

The context in which behavior occurs often makes the difference in whether it is considered deviant.

Official crime statistics published by the government are based on information obtained from:

A very straitlaced friend of yours has told you that she never ever breaks any rules such as speed limits, is never late, or anything similar. She is apparently "little miss perfect." Why would a sociologist suggest that her claim cannot be true?

MATCHING -Ritualists

Paul lives in a high-crime area. Many of the people he sees in the course of a day and knows are involved in criminal activities, thus increasing his opportunity to learn criminal behavior. Which of the following concepts best explains why Paul might engage in crime?

African Americans make up around what percent of the current prison population?

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Exam 7: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Why is cybercrime so difficult to prosecute? What strategies could you suggest to more easily prosecute cybercriminals? Answer in one paragraph.

What explanations do your textbook authors mention for the drop in crime rates since the early 1990s? What explanations do you think are the most compelling? Why do you think so? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Jane Jacobs found that the public peace of cities is kept primarily by the police.

Which of the following research findings supports the chivalry thesis?

Émile Durkheim argues that deviance is necessary for a society, as it has an adaptive function. In suggesting this, Durkheim felt that society should respond to deviance in what way?

The context in which behavior occurs often makes the difference in whether it is considered deviant.

Official crime statistics published by the government are based on information obtained from:

A very straitlaced friend of yours has told you that she never ever breaks any rules such as speed limits, is never late, or anything similar. She is apparently "little miss perfect." Why would a sociologist suggest that her claim cannot be true?

MATCHING -Ritualists

Paul lives in a high-crime area. Many of the people he sees in the course of a day and knows are involved in criminal activities, thus increasing his opportunity to learn criminal behavior. Which of the following concepts best explains why Paul might engage in crime?

African Americans make up around what percent of the current prison population?

What Is Sociology

Asking and Answering Sociological Questions

Culture and Society

Socialization and the Life Course

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Ethnicity and Race

Aging

Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Work and Economic Life

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education

Religion in Modern Society

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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