Exam 4: Explaining Organized Crime

According to differential association theory, the principal part of____________ occurs within intimate personal groups.

According to ___________ theory, each successive immigrant group experienced strain to which some members reacted by innovating in accord with a tradition that had been established by earlier American entrepreneurs.

Central to the psychoanalytic explanation for crime is the___________, a conscience-like mechanism whose function is to restrain the person from antisocial behavior.

Who of the following noted that American preoccupation with economic success, coupled with socioeconomic stratification, causes strain?

iscuss how the Zips affected ethnic succession in organized crime when they immigrated to the New York Metropolitan area.

According to Shaw and McKay, the attitudes, values, and techniques of organized criminality are transmitted:

Conditions of severe deprivation with extremely limited access to ladders of legitimate success result in collective adaptations in the form of ____________ subcultures.

ecent biological theories of crime identify which of the following as playing a part in criminal behavior?

Discuss psychoanalytic theory and its implications on organized crime.

The connection between the criminal organizations of southern Italy-Mafia, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta-and American organized crime are the___________.

Who theorized that all behavior-lawful and criminal-is learned?

Shaw and McKay found that certain clearly identifiable Chicago neighborhoods maintained a high level of criminality over many decades despite changes in ethnic composition.

Which of the following is not a mode of adaptation?

ccording to our textbook, criminal behavior is related to the superego function.

Anomie alone explains participation in OC.

ociological theories explain why only a small fraction of persons exposed to societal variables that motivate involvement in crime become criminals.

_____________ implies that there are value judgments or a social value system which is apart from a larger or central value system.

_____________ include social disapproval linked to public shame or social ostracism and fear of punishment. Choose either external restraints or internal restraints.

According to Thrasher, "Experience in a predatory gang develops in the boy __________ law and order."

How does social disorganization explain why OC is more likely in certain neighborhoods?