Exam 11: Crime and Deviance

The Bernard Madoff scandal included:

Some experts explain America's willingness to hand out life sentences as having its roots in the Calvinist religious tradition.

Which type of sociological theory shifted the focus from why people are criminal or deviant onto the question of why and how people come to be perceived as criminal or deviant?

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the difference between sociological and individual approaches to crime and deviance?

In the United States, men are more likely to go to prison than women. Of major ethnic groups, blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be incarcerated than whites.

According to Chapter 11, what did Foucault mean with his statement "power is in our bodies, not in our heads"?

Gusfield examined the cultural factors that contributed to the framing of "drinking and driving". His work is an example of:

Sasson's 'Racist System' frame focuses on:

Chapter 11 asserts that postmodern society is characterized by diversity and contradiction when it comes to social regulation. On the one hand, prisons and capital punishment continue to be means of disciplinary control. On the other hand, there has been a turn to more subtle techniques of disciplinary control. Which of the following is not evidence of this assertion?

Robert Merton explained crime and deviance as "the result of strain caused by lack of sufficient legitimate means to achieve socially approved goals." This is an example of what type of sociological theory?

According to Chapter 11, one of the paradoxical results of extensive media coverage of crime is that the media are simultaneously perceived as both a major cause of crime and an untapped, powerful, potential solution to crime.

According to constructionists, whatever the statistical facts about crime, an issue's significance depends on how the subject is constructed or framed in a certain way.