Exam 6: Social Structure Theories

Institutional social control includes ____ while public social control includes ___.

The theory that holds that crime is a function of one's inability to achieve personal goals (such as earning money, owning a home, having a nice car) because society is stratified by socioeconomic class is called:

According to Agnew, criminality is the direct result of negative affective states that are produced by a variety of sources of strain.

________________ is referred to as the removal and replacement of obsolete housing; an increase in criminal activity is often seen after the process.

Members of the underclass who are socially isolated, live in urban inner cities, occupy the bottom rung of the social ladder, and are the victims of discrimination are known as:

What is anomie? What are the conditions that cause it?

Which focal concern involves being independent of authority figures?

The rules governing day-to-day living conditions within a culture, group, or political structure are termed "conduct _________."

When individuals use culturally approved means to attain social goals, this is known as:

In neighborhoods where collective efficacy is high, children are less likely to become involved with deviant peers and less likely to engage in problem behaviors.

The three branches of social structure theory are social disorganization, deterrence, and cultural deviance.

Apathy, cynicism, helplessness, and mistrust of social institutions, such as schools, government agencies, and the police mark the _________.

The application of sociological concepts to criminology can be traced to the works of Quetelet and Durkheim.

Explain Albert Cohen's Delinquent Boys (subculture) theory.

Poverty during early childhood may have a more severe impact on behavior than poverty during adolescence or adulthood. What percent of American children live in poverty?

_________ theory focuses on the structure and organization within the urban environment that affect crime rates.

______________ theory holds that crime is a function of the conflict between the goals people have and the means they have to achieve such goals.

Social Disorganization Theory was first popularized by the work of:

According to Merton's classical strain theory, what are the ways individuals can adopt to anomie? Explain each.

Findings suggest that poverty experienced during adolescence may have a more severe impact than poverty experienced during early childhood or during adulthood.