Exam 8: Constructing and Reacting to Cybercrime: Labeling and Moral Panics

Which of the following laws limited youths' access to online games in South Korea in an effort to stem what was viewed as a widespread Internet gaming addiction that was believed to develop during childhood?

Reintegrative shaming can serve as a way to repair the harm done by the offender to society.

Stanley Cohen and Jock Young identified two models of media reporting: the market model and the manipulative model.

________ posits that the manner in which the media organizes and presents the news influences and colors individuals' perception of issues and informs them about what issues people should focus on.

A(n) ___________ engages in hacking by utilizing the tools provided by other hackers; this person does not understand or study computer programming and the tools he or she uses to engage in hacking and other illicit activities.

_______ is theory positing that labels of deviancy ascribed to individuals by society increase rather than decrease deviant or criminal behavior.

_______ seek to influence a target to adapt a behavior and to enforce rules concerning that behavior.

A moral panic involves a real threat.

________ holds that individuals believe that the issues on which the media focuses are the most important.

Moral panics are characterized by overreactions by criminal justice agents.