Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

Which of the following views of punishment is characterized by the idea that if criminals understand that they will lose their freedom if imprisoned,their involvement in criminal acts will cease?

Which of the following are people who break a cultural norm considered to be?

How do informal and formal forms of punishment make a stable social life possible?

Explain what a moral panic is and illustrate it using a recent example.

Brittany is victimized by a crime and reports the crime to the local police right away.Which of the following crimes is she most likely to have been victimized by?

The idea that society or social structure exerts pressure upon certain people not to conform is a central idea of strain theory.

Outline John Hagan's classification,in the textbook,of deviance and crime.

Explain why prosecuting large corporations is difficult in North America.

Explain what white-collar crime is.

According to the textbook,what kind of group are criminals who create their own distinct norms,values,and codes of behaviour?

The gender gap in arrests is not closing.

Lord Conrad Black,a Canadian media mogul,was sentenced in 2007 to 6.5 years in a Florida prison for fraud totalling $2.9 million in misappropriated funds.What type of crime was Lord Black found guilty of?

Which of the following characterizes complex,industrial societies?

In any given year,approximately what percentage of Canadians believe they have been victimized through a crime?

White-collar crimes are mostly committed by people from the lower classes.

Which of the following views of punishment is characterized by the idea that if criminals are imprisoned they will learn how to become better and more productive members of society?

According to research,where is the relationship between age,class and crime the strongest?

Consider the case of Simon,who is in the process of becoming a regular marijuana user.According to the social learning theory,which of the following is most likely to happen if Simon fails to pass a stage of the learning process?

What does the research on racialization demonstrate with regard to police searches of vehicles?

A group of students gathers around a lone female student who has been pushed down and is receiving a brutal beating from five students.While the beating occurs, other students watch and record the incident on their phones.Which type of deviance are the five people's actions characterized as?