Exam 6: Deviance

In colonial America,a pickpocket might have had a hand cut off as punishment.Why was this particular method of punishment chosen?

Although gays and lesbians in the United States have always been stigmatized,there are several different ways in which individuals have chosen to manage that stigma.When gay rights activists chant the slogan,"We're here,we're queer,get used to it," what strategy are they using?

Which group of people within the hospital were able to tell that the pseudopatients in David Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places" were NOT actually mentally ill?

Robert Merton's structural strain theory sees deviance as the result of a person's position in a social structure.What do you think Jack Katz,author of Seductions of Crime,would say about structural strain theory?

W.I.Thomas famously argued that "if men define situations as real,then:

Robert Merton developed structural strain theory to explain why deviance happens.To what sort of strain does the theory's name refer?

Structural functionalists like Emile Durkheim believe that every aspect of a social structure does something to help maintain the stability of society.According to Durkheim,what are some of the "functions" of deviance within a society?

Which of the following would sociologists consider the best definition of deviance?

Construction crews are constantly annoyed at the way people,mostly teenage boys,steal orange cones and flashing pylons that mark construction zones.According to Jack Katz,why does this sort of deviance happen?

Martha Stewart was convicted of obstruction of justice after lying to the fBI during an investigation of her sale of ImClone Systems stock,whose value dramatically fell immediately after she sold it.Her conviction was unusual,as this sort of white collar crime is much more likely to be dealt with in civil,rather than criminal,court.How does the tendency to deal with white collar criminals in civil court bias our understanding of the demographics of crime?

Which of the following is true regarding prison as a mechanism for punishing crime?

Traditionally,most of the sociological literature on deviance focuses on:

According to Erving Goffman,stigmatized individuals who do not believe that they should have to change or conceal their identities to make "normal" people more comfortable have:

Although branding is no longer used as a form of punishment in the United States,some subcultures have adopted it as a form of body art.This demonstrates that:

In what ways is deviance a social judgment,rather than a moral judgment?

Today,ecoterrorists in America have taken many radical actions,including burning down ski lodges,blowing up Hummers,freeing lab animals,and chaining themselves to trees.These actions are often seen as extremely deviant,but many of the perpetrators believe that in the future they will be hailed as heroes,in which case their actions will be seen as:

Merton's typology of deviance outlines the strain that people experience as they attempt to access cultural goals through legitimate,institutionalized means.Of the following,which category illustrates gangsters and con-artists?

Due to stigmatization,some light-skinned African Americans have attempted to pass as white.What is the process of passing,and what was the historical motivation for African Americans to pass as white?

What theory argues that punishments for rule violators are unequally distributed,with those near the top of society subject to more lenient rules and sanctions than those at the bottom?

The vast majority of crimes come to the attention of the police in response to citizen complaints.If citizens do not think a crime is serious enough or feel that nothing can be done,they do not usually bother to inform the authorities.This means that there might be serious bias in the: