Exam 7: Why Are There Gangs

The Chicago school in well known for work in sociology and its relation to crime and deviance.

All are core values of the "American Dream" according to the text except:

Merton identified modes of adaptation. Which is not one of Merton's modes of adaptation?

Identify the 7 key points of social disorganization theory and briefly describe each.

In which social theory do individuals freely commit crime based on self-interest?

Utilitarianism in its simplest form is:

One of the most important ideas originating from these Chicago sociologists (specifically Robert Park and Ernest Burgess) was the ____________________ model of city life.

Which is the best definition of a Marxist theory?

One of the earliest variations of social learning theory as it applies to delinquency was the theory of ______________________originally developed by Edwin Sutherland.

Ration choice theory is product of what school of theory?

What is strain theory? Describe the origin and its relationship to gangs.

The idea of mapmaking and the more general notion that crime is spatially distributed within a geographical area became one of the hallmarks of what came to be known as the ______________________ of sociology.

Cesare Lombroso wrote essays on crime and punishment.

The classical school is based on that criminal behavior is of free will.

When talking about deterrence and we want to discourage general behavior we are said to be using __________ deterrence.

Who took a variation of strain theory and created "differential opportunity structure"?

Strain theory states that when these basic needs are not met, crime occurs.

Labeling theory focuses on 3 interrelated processes, which is not one of the processes.

Primary deviance includes acts that the perpetrator and/ or others consider alien (i.e., not indicative, incidental) to one's true identity or character.

Describe Cohen's cultural deviance of the gang.