Exam 6: Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Weirdos, Freaks, and Folks Like Us

According to the text, what role does stigma play in the behavior of people in Japan?

Anomie and strain are associated with the ______.

Rates of incarceration in the United States are decreasing.

A belief that becomes a reality constitutes ______.

Members of groups and societies socially construct concepts.

Casey could not believe that her friends were going to college after high school. She found it much more important to try to overthrow the current government, and she planned to chain herself to the capitol building and stage a hunger strike until her demands were met. Merton would argue that Casey was coping with strain through ______.

External controls are always formalized.

Prisons are total institutions.

Compare and contrast the conflict and feminist perspectives on deviance.

In the study of the Saints and the Roughnecks, Chambliss found all of the following EXCEPT that:

To study why women kill their abusive husbands, Robin plans to look at the positive and negative sanctions the women weighed when deciding to kill. Which theory is Robin most likely using?

Crimes against the company are more likely to occur when:

The frustration and anger that can result from being unable to meet common societal goals is known as strain.

Deviance is always problematic for society.

The Internet is easy to police because all legal authorities have clearly delineated jurisdiction over it.

What kinds of crimes do sociologists categorize as consensus crimes? Give at least three examples.

An act that attempts to break down a prison inmate's sense of self in order to resocialize him or her is known as ______.

The statement, "Deviance serves vital social functions," most closely reflects ______.

In the United States, fewer than 280 acts are listed as federal crimes.

In Elijah Anderson's Code of the Street, "decent families" accept mainstream values and often find support systems in church communities or other organizations.