Exam 6: Deviance and Crime.

A person shoplifts an item of clothing from a department store, is apprehended and labeled as a "thief." The person subsequently accepts the label, and continues to shoplift items from other stores on numerous occasions. This example illustrates the tertiary deviance stage of the labeling theory.

__________ is any action designed to deprive a person of things of value (including liberty) because of some offense the person is thought to have committed.

The criminal justice system includes the police, the courts, and the prisons. The President of the United States has just appointed you to be the "Czar on Crime." Summarize the specific strategies that you would implement to reverse the trend and start winning the war on crime (assume that you have a blank check to achieve this objective).

A(n) __________ sets the term of imprisonment at a fixed point of time, such as three years, for a specific offense.

Define punishment, state the four functions of punishment, and explain the restorative justice perspective.

Deviant behaviors may include the following: suicide, abortion, homosexuality, prostitution, and illegal drug use. Provide a response that supports your position of whether or not the specific behavior is deviant. Then provide a specific circumstance in which the behavior would contradict your initial position.

Those who use graffiti primarily as a form of art are called

According to functionalists, acts of civil disobedience (including lunch counter sit-ins and bus boycotts) exemplify which function of deviance?

The __________ is the major source of information on crimes reported in the United States. It has been compiled since 1930 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on information filed by law enforcement agencies throughout the country.