Exam 6: Deviance and Control

According to researchers, the 21st century finds us sitting on a ʺdemographic crime bomb,ʺ because the highest crime rate group will increase. This group is

Binge drinking has long been a serious problem on many college campuses.

Which of the following groups of people have experienced a great increase in problem drinking in recent years?

ʺGuns donʹt kill; people do.ʺ Therefore, it is futile to outlaw the possession of guns.

Individuals who commit____________ suicide are so strongly tied to their group that they effectively lose their selves and stand ready to do their groupʹs bidding.

According to contemporary conflict theorists such as Richard Quinney, we can only understand crime by looking at the

If a wrongdoer is punished in such a way as to be stigmatized, rejected, or ostracized, he or she is experiencing ____________shaming.

Corporate criminals see themselves as respectable citizens and maintain their non-criminal self-image by all of the following EXCEPT

Robert K. Merton stated that anomie and deviance can result from a mismatch between the culturally defined goal of success and

Analyze why many Americans support the death penalty and how research indicates that capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to crime.

Race, class and____________ play a significant role in deviance, particularly crime and delinquency.

According to some experts, the current drug laws do more harm than good because they

Deviance is generally defined as any act that violates a social norm.

Being a polygamist in the U.S. is illegal but is acceptable in Muslim countries. This is an example of how deviance

ʺHating the sin but loving the sinnerʺ is called____________ shaming by sociologists.

There are two types of shamming: ____________and reintegrative.

Literature concerning deviance suggests that deviance is more common among the powerful because they have a stronger motivation, a greater opportunity and

Describe some of the problems sociologists and others experience when they try to define deviance. Given these problems, what is an acceptable definition of deviance?

Deviance is

According to the text, rape involves the use of force to get a women to do something sexual against her will.