Exam 6: Deviance

According to labeling theory,why were none of the pseudopatients in David Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places" discovered?

Nowhere to Grow by Les Whitbeck and Dan Hoyt explored the lives of homeless and runaway teens in the Midwest.The authors found that "associating with deviant peers" had a dramatic effect on a wide range of deviant behaviors,including increasing "the likelihood of serious substance abuse almost 32 times." What theory of deviance considers the way such interpersonal relationships help to predict deviant behavior?

In what ways might a Caucasian basketball professional experience the stereotype threat in the NBA?

Howard Becker's labeling theory argues that no act is deviant until a society labels it as deviant.Explain why Becker and other sociologists,like David Rosenhan,author of "On Being Sane in Insane Places," believe that labeling can have long-lasting effects on the individual who is labeled a deviant.

Provide an example that illustrates a behavior that would have been considered deviant for women 200 years ago but is part of normal culture today.

How do sociologists define positive deviance?

Given Jack Katz's theory of crime,what do you think would be the best subtitle for his book Seductions of Crime?

The poet Lucy Grealy had a series of operations as a child that eventually resulted in the removal of one-third of her jaw.As a result she experienced:

When the suburb of Lakewood,California,was first built in 1950,it refused to sell houses to Jewish families,as well as African Americans and Hispanics.However,within a few years,the developers reversed this policy and started selling homes to families regardless of religious faith or ethnicity.What does this tell us about stigma?

The parents of a deviant child often want to find some way to excuse their offspring's behavior,and it is common to hear them say,"He just fell in with a bad crowd." Which symbolic interactionist theory of deviance does this explanation most closely resemble?

The idea that individuals learn to be deviant by interacting with others who are already deviant is called:

When an individual or a group is labeled as deviant,they are often stigmatized and acquire what Erving Goffman called a "spoiled identity," devaluing them and often excluding them from normal social interaction.Illustrate the different ways that stigmatized individuals and groups cope with their stigmatization.

The Amish have neither the resources nor the desire to use prison as a sanction against members of their community who violate the rules.What sanction do they use instead?

How does the fBI's Uniform Crime Report measure crime?

According to conflict theory,why are vagrancy laws passed?

What do we call norm violations that are codified into law?

Let's say that a rash of thefts is occurring in a suburban neighborhood.It is determined that a group of teenage boys from the community have been stealing items from unlocked cars.The perpetrators are caught within a few short weeks.According to the information in Chapter 6,which factors likely made them initial suspects? What factors made it more likely that they would behave in this way?