Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

The FBI's definition of terrorism includes any crime against persons intended to achieve a political end.

Sutherland's differential association theory argues that deviant behavior is learned.

Which of these statements about the functionalist approach to deviance is false?

Why would Merton predict that working-class individuals would be more likely to engage in criminal activity than would middle-class or wealthier individuals?

A soldier who shoots and kills an enemy combatant in battle is typically not considered deviant. An individual who shoots and kills a neighbor for playing loud music is typically considered deviant. This illustrates the point that

Identify two major sources of data on crime in the United States. Discuss their methodologies and identify their strengths and weaknesses.

Which of the following questions would a sociologist be least likely to ask about deviance?

From the perspective of the social control theory of deviance, most people internalize social norms because they care what other people think of them.

Members of higher socioeconomic classes are the least likely to be victimized by crime.

Functionalist theories of deviance

Although the marriage of young girls to markedly older men used to be acceptable, it is now, for the most part, no longer accepted in Western nations, illustrating that previously accepted behaviors can come to be viewed as deviant.

A high school student acts bored in class, and the teacher decides she is a bad student. This teacher discusses the student with other teachers who then treat that student as if she were a bad student. This describes the process of

How do labeling theory and conflict theory, when linked, account for higher rates of incarceration and institutionalization among members of oppressed groups?

Which of the following is true regarding violent crime?

From a labeling perspective, which of these statements about deviant identity is false?

Stigmatizing some people

A legislator wants to change laws so that individuals arrested for possession of small amounts of illegal drugs will be sent to drug courts that will ensure that they participate in substance abuse treatment. Which of the following is the legislator advocating?

Which of the following is an example of egotistic suicide?

A significant difference between the functionalist and conflict theories of deviance is that

Thomas, age thirty-seven, grew up in an extremely impoverished neighborhood of a city that was, itself, struggling to survive after most of its factories closed and no new industries moved in to take their place. Thomas did get a high school diploma but has been periodically unemployed and, when employed, often works part-time and earns only minimum wage. He would love to get job training and make more of himself, maybe even own his own home someday, but he simply does not have the resources needed to make that happen. Merton's structural strain theory would predict that Thomas might turn to crime because of