Exam 5: Deviance and Crime

The criminal justice system in the United States arrests, prosecutes, convicts, and imprisons about ____________ for every 100 criminal victimizations.

Control theory claims that people conform because they are integrated into mainstream institutions; this theory is an outgrowth of the conflict perspective.

Child abuse is one example of deviant behavior that has been redefined as less serious.

When biologists and psychologists look at deviants, they typically ask

Secondary deviance is behavior that violates social norms but usually goes unnoticed by the agents of social control.

When they study deviance, sociologists tend to focus on what is "wrong" with people who deviate.

Nearly _____ percent of adults in the United States have used illegal drugs or used prescription drugs without a physician's prescription in their lifetime.

Richard Quinney, a key proponent of the ____________ perspective on deviance, argues that the U.S. legal system reflects the interests and ideologies of the ruling capitalist class.

Edwin Sutherland's theory of differential association illustrates the ________ perspective on deviance.

Labeling theorists promote the idea that

The difference between "control theory" and other theories written about in the text is that

Which group is most likely to see crime as a normal characteristic of capitalism?

Index crimes are increasing in the United States.

According to the text's discussion of cheating among college students,

Which of the following is NOT one of the categories of crime outlined by Richard Quinney?

If we could prevent all crimes committed by persons __________, this would eliminate most conventional crimes from society.

Individuals learn deviance primarily in intimate groups of deviant others, such as small groups of friends. This view typifies

The cultural transmission perspective was developed in part from the research of a group of sociologists at the University of Chicago who concluded that

Are we more likely to be victims of street crime or of corporate crime?

Marxists regard ________ as a product of the moral degeneration and estrangement fostered by the oppression and exploitation of the poor, women, and African Americans or other minorities.