Exam 12: Labeling and Critical Criminologies

Which of the following statements is true?

Who introduced the concepts of primary and secondary deviance?

According to Braithwaite's theory, reintegrative shaming reduces or controls crime.

The labeling perspective has significantly influenced juvenile justice policy and practice by encouraging:

In Greenberg's Marxist interpretation of delinquency, he explains crimes that are exaggerated displays of toughness (e.g. rape, assault) as attempts to reduce _____________.

According to Lemert, primary deviance occurs without an effect on one's identity.

What term is used to refer to initial acts of deviance, many of which go undetected?

The labeling perspective focuses on social and societal reactions to delinquency.

Power-control theory offers a structural explanation for common delinquency that focuses on the intersection of:

Radical feminist criminologists have examined the patriarchal biases of the criminal justice system.

Who is typically credited with providing the first statement of the principles of labeling theory?

Which of the following was NOT a reform of the juvenile justice system in the 1960s and 1970s, based on the labeling perspective?

Whose view of female offending has been called the "liberation hypothesis"?

Which of the following is NOT one of the themes of critical criminologies?

According to Hagan and his colleagues, in which type of families do parents teach daughters to avoid risk?

What is Lemert's term for deviance that occurs in response to problems created by societal reactions to primary deviance?"

Critical criminologists focus on the distribution of power in society, and on inequalities among members of different groups, including social classes.

Which feminist perspective focuses on patriarchy as the root of women's oppression?

Labeling theory has its roots in:

Colvin and Pauly argue that workplace control structures shape the forms of control parents use to discipline and reward their children.