Exam 6: Early Social Structure and Strain Theories of Crime

Which of the following is NOT a social problem that occured during the Industrial Revolution?

The age-crime curve cannot be explained by conflict theory.

According to Cohen, disadvantaged youths are likely to experience failure in school because they are unprepared to conform to ______.

______ assumes that everyone deals with frustrations in routine daily life.

According to Durkheim, anomie results from the discrepancy between the culturally approved goals of society and the legitimate means to reach those goals.

Robert Agnew proposed ______ theory.

Strain theory was developed by Robert Agnew.

Which of the following would typically NOT be associated with social structure theories?

Per Cohen, the college boy will try to overcome the barriers presented to him by continuing to work hard and do as well as his middle-class classmates.

Many deprived areas in the United States do not have ______ because everyone is poor, eliminating much of the stress that would come from feelings of relative deprivation.

In smaller, homogeneous societies, there is less need for ______ than there is in larger, heterogeous societies.

According to Merton, ______ are the most likely to commit crimes.

______ identified two additional categories of strain: presentation of noxious stimuli and removal of positively valued stimuli.

In organic societies, the purpose of laws is to encourage ______ among members.

Some experts claim that the report completed by ______ concerning national crime statistics is the first study of scientific criminology.

Durkheim asserted that crime is necessary in all societies.

Merton identified five adaptations to strain.

In mechanical societies, males completed the hunting while females gathered.

Based on his analysis, Quetelet asserted that the areas in which crime is concentrated involves both opportunities and ______ characteristics.

______ published a 4-volume work titled A System of Positive Polity that encourages the use of scientific methods to observe and measure societal factors.