Question 1

Why do people who are exposed to a deviant subculture behave deviantly?

Accepted Answer

A)  The deviant norms become a part of a person's personality. 
B)  A person may conform to that deviant subculture's norms to win social approval from the other members of the group. 
C)  Both a and b. 
D)  None of the above. 
A)  The deviant norms become a part of a person's personality. 
B)  A person may conform to that deviant subculture's norms to win social approval from the other members of the group. 
C)  Both a and b. 
D)  None of the above.

Question 2

A reason the community-based treatment facilities never fully materialized is

Accepted Answer

A)  Inadequate planning. 
B)  Lack of funding. 
C)  Lack of assistance in helping deinstitutionalized persons find the variety of programs that they need. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Inadequate planning. 
B)  Lack of funding. 
C)  Lack of assistance in helping deinstitutionalized persons find the variety of programs that they need. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 3

The U.S. Surgeon General asserted in 1999 that "22 percent of the population has a diagnosable mental disorder."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the four styles of formal social control attempts to create and preserve social harmony via dispute resolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Penal. 
B)  Compensatory. 
C)  Therapeutic. 
D)  Conciliatory. 
A)  Penal. 
B)  Compensatory. 
C)  Therapeutic. 
D)  Conciliatory.

Question 5

For the insanity defense to be used successfully today, it is no longer sufficient to demonstrate that the defendant suffers from a mental illness that causes him or her to be unable to know right from wrong. Rather, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the mental illness must be so "severe" that the defendant did not even know what he or she was doing. This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  Social context. 
B)  Putative backlash. 
C)  Vindication. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Social context. 
B)  Putative backlash. 
C)  Vindication. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 6

Social service agencies, diversion programs, halfway houses, and group homes are examples of social controls that were to be created or strengthened in response to deinstitutionalization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Talk About:
-Primary socialization

Accepted Answer

Socialization that takes place

Question 8

Conrad and Schneider explained that medicine acts as a tool of social control through

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral-criminal definitions of deviance that have changed to medical definitions of deviance. 
B)  Shifting of moral blame from an individual who is "sick." 
C)  Shifting of focus to appropriate treatment rather than punishment. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Moral-criminal definitions of deviance that have changed to medical definitions of deviance. 
B)  Shifting of moral blame from an individual who is "sick." 
C)  Shifting of focus to appropriate treatment rather than punishment. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 9

The medical model defines deviance objectively, as a disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Talk About:
-Adult socialization

Accepted Answer

Socialization occurring when n

Question 11

Health care professionals hold both the power to define illness and the exclusive ability to treat those illnesses that it has defined.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Agents of direct social control attempt to punish or neutralize both organizations and individuals who deviate from society's norms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Medicalization of deviance

Accepted Answer

A)  Suggests that there is no concrete evidence that medical conditions cause deviant behavior. 
B)  Suggests that an individual's behavior may be controlled or determined, at least in part, by a medical condition. 
C)  Suggests that medicine can cure all deviant behavior. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Suggests that there is no concrete evidence that medical conditions cause deviant behavior. 
B)  Suggests that an individual's behavior may be controlled or determined, at least in part, by a medical condition. 
C)  Suggests that medicine can cure all deviant behavior. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 14

Talk About:
-Penal social control

Accepted Answer

Views the violator of a social

Question 15

Deinstitutionalization resulted in a substantial change in how social control was supposed to be accomplished in the United States, and it reflected an increased use of medical technologies and medical collaborations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

These are examples of social controls that were to be created or strengthened in response to deinstitutionalization.

Accepted Answer

A)  Diversion programs. 
B)  Halfway houses. 
C)  Group homes. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Diversion programs. 
B)  Halfway houses. 
C)  Group homes. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 17

The primary tool for defining deviance under the medical model is the

Accepted Answer

A)  American Medical Association (AM
A) . 
B)  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). 
C)  American Psychiatric Association (AP
A) . 
D)  Criminal Medical Act (CM
A) . 
A)  American Medical Association (AM
A) . 
B)  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). 
C)  American Psychiatric Association (AP
A) . 
D)  Criminal Medical Act (CM
A) .

Question 18

Talk About:
-Subcultures

Accepted Answer

Groups that share a

Question 19

Two related processes, socialization and social control, are key concepts in understanding the role that "society" plays in shaping our behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Wearing a suite to a job interview is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  Mores. 
B)  Deviant behavior. 
C)  A folkway. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Mores. 
B)  Deviant behavior. 
C)  A folkway. 
D)  All of the above.

Why do people who are exposed to a deviant subculture behave deviantly?

A reason the community-based treatment facilities never fully materialized is

The U.S. Surgeon General asserted in 1999 that "22 percent of the population has a diagnosable mental disorder."

Which of the four styles of formal social control attempts to create and preserve social harmony via dispute resolution?

Social service agencies, diversion programs, halfway houses, and group homes are examples of social controls that were to be created or strengthened in response to deinstitutionalization.

Talk About: -Primary socialization

Conrad and Schneider explained that medicine acts as a tool of social control through

The medical model defines deviance objectively, as a disease.

Talk About: -Adult socialization

Health care professionals hold both the power to define illness and the exclusive ability to treat those illnesses that it has defined.

Agents of direct social control attempt to punish or neutralize both organizations and individuals who deviate from society's norms.

Medicalization of deviance

Talk About: -Penal social control

Deinstitutionalization resulted in a substantial change in how social control was supposed to be accomplished in the United States, and it reflected an increased use of medical technologies and medical collaborations.

These are examples of social controls that were to be created or strengthened in response to deinstitutionalization.

The primary tool for defining deviance under the medical model is the

Talk About: -Subcultures

Two related processes, socialization and social control, are key concepts in understanding the role that "society" plays in shaping our behavior.

Wearing a suite to a job interview is an example of

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Why do people who are exposed to a deviant subculture behave deviantly?

A reason the community-based treatment facilities never fully materialized is

The U.S. Surgeon General asserted in 1999 that "22 percent of the population has a diagnosable mental disorder."

Which of the four styles of formal social control attempts to create and preserve social harmony via dispute resolution?

Social service agencies, diversion programs, halfway houses, and group homes are examples of social controls that were to be created or strengthened in response to deinstitutionalization.

Talk About: -Primary socialization

Conrad and Schneider explained that medicine acts as a tool of social control through

The medical model defines deviance objectively, as a disease.

Talk About: -Adult socialization

Health care professionals hold both the power to define illness and the exclusive ability to treat those illnesses that it has defined.

Agents of direct social control attempt to punish or neutralize both organizations and individuals who deviate from society's norms.

Medicalization of deviance

Talk About: -Penal social control

Deinstitutionalization resulted in a substantial change in how social control was supposed to be accomplished in the United States, and it reflected an increased use of medical technologies and medical collaborations.

These are examples of social controls that were to be created or strengthened in response to deinstitutionalization.

The primary tool for defining deviance under the medical model is the

Talk About: -Subcultures

Two related processes, socialization and social control, are key concepts in understanding the role that "society" plays in shaping our behavior.

Wearing a suite to a job interview is an example of

Introducing Crime and Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice, Society, and Morality

Criminal Justice and Legal Philosophy

Theories of Criminal Behavior

Concepts of Justice

Concepts of Justice Policy

Concepts of Criminal Procedure

Criminal Law

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Core Concepts of US Policing

Core Concepts of US Court Systems

Core Concepts of US Correctional Theory and Practice

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