Exam 6: Social Structure Theories

Individuals who have been cut off from society and whose members lack the education and skills needed to be effectively in demand in modern society are considered members of the:

_________ are the unique value system that dominates life among the lower classes.

If a youth experiences physical abuse at home, which type of strain did the youth experience according to general strain theory?

Explain how social structure theory can have a significant impact on public policy.

A socially disorganized area is one in which the ______ have broken down and can no longer carry out their expected or stated functions.

Explain the socioeconomic structure of American society.

What are the three branches of social structure theory?

There is evidence that stress influences males and females equally; however, the degree to which it leads to criminal behavior is much higher among females than males.

The condition that exists when people of wealth and poverty live in close proximity to one another is known as:

Gunnar Myrdal described a worldwide _________ that was cut off from society, its members lacking the education and skills needed to be effectively in demand in modern society.

Concentric Zone Theory, used by Shaw and McKay, broke the city of ____________________ into distinctive zones to explain criminal behavior.

A renewal stage in which obsolete housing is replaced and upgraded is known as:

Social structure concepts, especially Cloward and Ohlin's views, were a critical ingredient in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations' "War on Poverty," begun in the early 1960s.

Identify the community-level factors that are associated with fear and describe how these factors contribute to the level of fear in a neighborhood.

_________ are segments of the population whose members have a relatively similar portion of material goods and who share attitudes, values, norms, and an identifiable lifestyle.

If a juvenile joins a gang in which he achieves his status through violence and toughness, which type of gang is he in according to Cloward and Ohlin's theory of differential opportunity?

Agnew's General Strain Theory indicates that criminality is the direct result of ___ that come in the wake of destructive social relationships.

Considered one of the founders of sociology, ________________, defined crime as a normal and necessary social event.

Those who reject the goals but retain the traditional means to retain the little they have been able to achieve represent which type of adaptation?

Institutional anomie argues that the high rate of crime in the United States is due to its overemphasis on which institution?