Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

All deviance is against the law and punishable.

Discuss whether or not public order crimes (victimless crimes),such as prostitution,recreational drug use (marijuana),and gambling,should be decriminalized.

Premeditated,continuous illegal activities of organized crime include all of the following activities EXCEPT:

In the late 1980s,several top Pentagon officials were found guilty of receiving bribes for passing classified information on to major defense contractors that had garnered many lucrative contracts from the government.This is an example of:

Sociologist __________ believed that deviance is rooted in societal factors,such as rapid social change and the lack of social integration among people.As social integration (bonding and community involvement) decreases,deviance and crime increases.

For young men who grow up in a __________,running drug houses and selling drugs on street corners make it possible for them to support themselves and their families as well as purchase material possessions to impress others.

Sociologist Travis Hirschi's __________ theory holds that the probability of deviant behavior increases when a person's ties to society are weakened or broken.

Power differentials are evident in how victims of crime are treated.When the victims are wealthy,white,and male,law enforcement officials are ___________ efforts to apprehend the perpetrator,as contrasted with cases in which the victims are poor,black,and female.

There is obviously a lot of controversy concerning whether or not the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for grave criminal offenses,such as murder.Provide a personal perspective on the death penalty.

Which of the following is NOT an example of corporate crime?

Crimes such as rape,homicide,and aggravated assault are examples of:

The __________ theory of deviance states that deviant behavior occurs when a person weighs the costs and benefits of nonconventional or criminal behavior and determines that the benefits will outweigh the risks involved in such actions.

__________ is based on the assumption that offenders who are detained in prison or are executed will be unable to commit additional crimes.

According to official statistics,Latinos/as are the most overrepresented racial minority group in arrest data.

Historically,punishment has had four major goals.Which of the following Is NOT one of these?

A __________ is a behavior that violates criminal law and is punishable with fines,jail terms,and/or other negative sanctions.

__________ seeks to reduce criminal activity by instilling a fear of punishment in the general public.

Based on sociologist Robert Merton's strain theory,innovation occurs when people accept culturally-approved goals and pursue them through approved means.Persons who want to achieve success through innovation work hard and save their money.

According to sociologist __________,people with economic and political power define as criminal any behavior that threatens their own interests.The powerful use law to control those who are without power.

According to Robert Merton's strain theory,_______ refers to when people abandon both the approved goals and the approved means of achieving them.