Exam 2: Theories of Deviance

_______ theories assume that societies are characterized by a lack of consensus and that groups disagree on values, beliefs, and interests.

John Doe was standing in front of the broken window with the scolding hand of his father wagging. A baseball sat in the middle of the glass which could be seen scattered on the chair in their living room. When John responded to his father, "I thought we were using the softer ball instead of the regulation ball," John gave which type of account of the situation?

Which of the following is NOT a technique of neutralization?

White and Terry discuss the child sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Describe a scenario (be creative) where you could use Lemert's concepts of primary and secondary deviance to describe the emergence of such behavior. Are there elements that labeling theory finds necessary for continued deviance missing from the organizational structure of the Church that might account for deviance? Any elements present?

Women who stress the freedom of women to work as prostitutes-work as a free economic choice-as the primary equity issue in the prostitution debate are likely to hold a _______ .

The organization of deviants is defined based on four variables; which of the following is NOT one of them?

According to Durkheim, when anomie-a sense of normlessness-increases, suicide rates also increase. Which of the following is an example of an acute social condition where anomic suicide rates might increase?

According to Schneider and Conrad, _______ in a social situation are an important aspect of the discrediting and stigmatizing aspect of epilepsy.

This type of suicide is the result of overly strong connections, such as when individuals become intimately merged with a group and kill themselves in its name (e.g., suicide bomber).

Theories which explain how class structures develop in modern societies might best be categorized as _______ theories.

Which of the following theories is likely to believe that deviant behavior is not caused but rather develops over time as actors and the social audience (such as friends, family, or an entire community) interact with each other?

A _______ system creates a context where women are denied full economic, political, and social equality with men.

A type or form of deviant organization where individuals do not associate with other deviants, participate in shared deviance, have a division of labor, or maintain their deviance over extended time and space is considered a _______ .

According to Durkheim, deviance was _______ and played an integral role in maintaining a healthy society.

Describe the social phenomenon of epilepsy or another "deviant" phenomenon that can be viewed or studied on all levels of analysis. How might one construct a study which ties together the macro, meso, social psychological and face-to-face encounter with epilepsy and epileptics? What are the keys to (or difficulties with) studying a phenomenon on multiple levels of analysis in a single study? How could it be beneficial?

According to Jolin, prostitution does NOT result from

Jane Doe was living on skid row before she joined the East Avenue Gang (EAG). Because EAG was very large and operated for years, EAG organized their gang according to a strict set of unwritten rules and codes for guiding members when participating in organizational action. When Jane began, she slung dope on the corner. After two years, she moved up to be the main transaction dealer for large shipments from the Big River. EAG is an example of which of the following type or form of deviant organization?

Tommy Thompson was talking to his friends at lunchtime at Everyday High School about skipping class to go to the lake. As a senior, Tommy was very tempted, but he knew he had to get a good grade in English to make it into the college he desired, and he had worked very hard all term to achieve an A. Instead of going to the lake, Tommy went to English. This is an example of which element of Hirschi's social bond?

After listing and defining Durkheim's four types of suicide and Hirschi's four elements of the social bond, compare and contrast how Hirschi might explain Durkheim's suicidal types from a social-psychological perspective using control theory. For instance, can attachment adequately explain altruistic suicide?

Discuss one of Best and Luckenbill's forms of deviant organization, Can you list any issues with the names used for the categorization of certain types of deviants? For example, is the use of the term "mobs" to describe groups of pickpockets misleading?