Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

Drug traffickers sometimes state in their defence that they do not force individuals to use illegal drugs. Which of the following types of crime do they thus claim to engage in?

According to Merton, most people exposed to strain between cultural goals and social reality will engage in rebellion.

What alternatives are there to prisons? Do you think that any of them could reduce the rate of incarceration? Would its reduction be for the overall benefit of society?

Why has incarceration replaced other forms of punishment in industrial societies?

Are "consensus crimes," such as homicide, defined identically in all societies at all times? Why or why not? Use examples to support your position.

Janis has no money to buy groceries for her children, and shoplifts some bread and cheese from the local grocery store. What type of crime is Janis guilty of committing?

What factors help explain the declining crime rates in Canada in recent decades?

In monetary terms, which of the following types of crime likely costs society the most?

Compare white-collar and street crimes and their respective harmfulness to society. What policies would you propose to control societal harm from these two types of crime?

Moral panics benefit nobody.

By introducing "zero tolerance" policies against violence, Canadian schools have entered a field of social control previously enacted by police. Which of the following theorists would best explain this change?

According to Durkheim, deviance is dysfunctional and societies should strive to eliminate it.

Which of the following is the best example of a panopticon?

According to the textbook, when did social scientists and others begin to recognize crimes against women such as sexual assault?

According to research, where is the relationship between class and crime the strongest?

What does control theory of deviance explain?

All of the following exemplify external social control EXCEPT which one?

The difference between male and female youth crime rates in Canada is decreasing.

What do Guy Paul Morin, David Milgaard, and Donald Marshall have in common?

Nelson Mandela's behaviour in the past is still considered to be deviant today.