Exam 6: Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of Crime

Comte showed that areas with rapid changes in economic conditions have low crime rates.

According to Durkheim, a community without law violators will ______,

A person who is willing to sacrifice his/her status in the community and/or the respect of family and friends would be categorized as a ritualist per Merton's adaptations.

Which of the following was the nickname given to the Phoenix Valley robber?

______ is the degree to which individuals of a society think alike.

______ is credited for coining the term sociology.

Guerry concluded from examining the first modern crime statistics that violent crime was higher in poor areas.

Explain how Cohen used the "middle-class measuring rod" to explain gang formation.

The "American Dream" implies that as long as people work hard and pay their dues, they will achieve their goals.

Merton's strain theory refers to ______ as conventional goals.

Name and describe Merton's five modes of adaptation.

In organic societies, a consensus about norms and values is more difficult relative to mechanical societies.

What is the difference between criminal gangs and conflict gangs?

Durkheim's term for normlessness is ______.

How does Merton's strain theory differ from Durkheim's theory?

______ was the most influential theorist of modern structural perspectives on criminality.

Essay on the Moral Statistics of France was an extended version of a report, written by ______, which is considered by some as being the first study of scientific criminology.

Agnew claimed that the presentation of noxious stimuli in one's life could lead to major stress and frustration.

The United States is a society that includes many members with specific expertise or tasks for which most members rely upon.That is, the members are interdependent.This makes the United States a/an ______ society.

According to ______, those who respond to stressful situations in a positive way will be less likely to commit crime than those who respond in negative ways.