Exam 7: Why Are There Gangs

When delinquency is learned via association with others we say this is an example of:

Which theory states that gangs exist because the community in which they exist has values in contrast to middle class society?

Which classical theorist was a major influence during the period of enlightenment?

The essence of social control theory is:

All are elements of Maslow's hierarchy of needs except:

The theory of differential association was developed by:

According to Cloward and Ohlin, criminal gangs are primarily focused on involvement of violent behavior.

When deviance takes on self-identifying features, this is known as:

According to social control theory, delinquency exist when a youth's bonds or ties to society are week or broken.

There is no connection between gangs and Maslow's hierarchy of needs according to the text.

The essence of control theory (sometimes called social bond theory) is that the weakening, breakdown, or absence of effective social control accounts for delinquency.

Robert Merton borrowed the term "Anomie" from:

The essence of ________________ is that the weakening, breakdown, or absence of effective social control accounts for delinquency.

Which is not an element of Park & Burgess's concentric zone model?

One of the key ideas of the social ecology of crime is the fact that high rates of crime and other problems persist within the same neighborhoods over long periods of time regardless of who lives there.

Strain theory originated with Robert Merton, who borrowed the term anomie from the nineteenth-century French sociologist Émile Durkheim and applied it to the problem of crime in America.

The _____________________ (also known as the societal reaction perspective) does not address in any direct way the causes of criminal/deviant behavior but rather focuses on three interrelated processes.