Exam 4: Social Structural and Social Process Theories of Delinquency

Please match each term or concept with its definition. -Social capital

According to Cloward and Ohlin's theory, the retreatist subculture generates a new order of goals and criteria for ________.

Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay viewed delinquency as resulting from a breakdown in social control among ________.

Cloward and Ohlin contended that the most serious delinquents are those who experience the greatest conflict with ________ values.

What term did Emile Durkheim use to describe the normlessness that resulted from society's failure to provide adequate regulation of its members?

In Merton's version of ________ theory, the set of purposes and interests a culture defines as legitimate objectives for individuals are called culturally defined goals.

Walter C. Reckless developed ________ theory to explain both crime and delinquency.

Containment theory fails to account for self-esteem when explaining delinquent behavior.

The importance of Cohen's theory is that it views delinquency as ________.

Hirschi theorized that individuals who are most tightly bonded to social groups are less likely to commit delinquent acts. Commitment to the social bond is made up of four main elements. Which is NOT one of the four main elements?

According to Cloward and Ohlin, within the retreatist subculture the main activity is crimes of extortion, fraud, and theft.

Cohen argued that delinquent subculture is characterized by short-run hedonism.

Hirschi theorized that commitment to the social bond is made up of four main elements: attachment, commitment, involvement, and ________.

________ is the theorist most closely identified with social control theory.

What is the difference between "status frustration"and "reaction formation"? Please explain.

Which of the following terms refers to when individuals have rejecting the goals and values of one's culture and substituting a new set of goals and values for them?

Cohen's 1955 study on general strain theory examined how it may aid in explaining racial differences in offending.

According to Thornberry's interactional theory, what is the most influential factor in bonding the youth to conventional society and reducing delinquency?

Lower class youth often lack access to ________ - to the norms, networks, and supportive relationships they need if they are to realize their potential.

Discuss Albert Cohen's theory of delinquent subcultures.