Question 1

Gender and crime data suggest that:

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A)  women are more likely to be perpetrators than victims of crime. 
B)  women and men are now being arrested at an equal rate. 
C)  property crimes are the domain of women. 
D)  the crime rate for men has increased, but the crime rate for women has decreased. 
E)  the incidence of crime by women is low compared to that by men. 
A)  women are more likely to be perpetrators than victims of crime. 
B)  women and men are now being arrested at an equal rate. 
C)  property crimes are the domain of women. 
D)  the crime rate for men has increased, but the crime rate for women has decreased. 
E)  the incidence of crime by women is low compared to that by men.

Question 2

Corporate crime and organized crime are essentially interchangeable terms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is the term Merton used in referring to the abandoning of cultural goals while compulsively conforming to cultural norms?

Accepted Answer

A)  innovation 
B)  retreatism 
C)  ritualism 
D)  rebellion 
E)  conformity 
A)  innovation 
B)  retreatism 
C)  ritualism 
D)  rebellion 
E)  conformity

Question 4

Which of the following is one of Durkheim's functions of deviance?

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A)  Deviance rejects cultural values and norms. 
B)  Deviance provides employment for a large segment of the workforce. 
C)  Responding to deviance blurs moral boundaries. 
D)  Deviance encourages social change. 
E)  Responding to deviance breaks people apart. 
A)  Deviance rejects cultural values and norms. 
B)  Deviance provides employment for a large segment of the workforce. 
C)  Responding to deviance blurs moral boundaries. 
D)  Deviance encourages social change. 
E)  Responding to deviance breaks people apart.

Question 5

Police are more likely to arrest a suspect when:

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A)  the situation is not believed to be serious. 
B)  there are bystanders watching them. 
C)  the suspect is unknown to them. 
D)  the suspect is white. 
E)  the suspect cooperates. 
A)  the situation is not believed to be serious. 
B)  there are bystanders watching them. 
C)  the suspect is unknown to them. 
D)  the suspect is white. 
E)  the suspect cooperates.

Question 6

Which of the following are associated with the decline in crime in recent years?

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A)  an increase in the youth population 
B)  changes in policing 
C)  a slack economy 
D)  improvements in child socialization practices 
E)  the increasing drug trade 
A)  an increase in the youth population 
B)  changes in policing 
C)  a slack economy 
D)  improvements in child socialization practices 
E)  the increasing drug trade

Question 7

Hate crime laws punish a crime less severely if the offender is motivated by bias.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which term refers to the attempt to discourage criminality through punishment?

Accepted Answer

A)  retribution 
B)  societal protection 
C)  deterrence 
D)  recidivism 
E)  rehabilitation 
A)  retribution 
B)  societal protection 
C)  deterrence 
D)  recidivism 
E)  rehabilitation

Question 9

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding psychological explanations of deviance?

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A)  Psychologists have demonstrated that personality patterns have some connection to some types of deviance. 
B)  Psychologists view deviance as an individual trait. 
C)  Psychologists have found that people with specific personality patterns are destined to become criminals. 
D)  People with normal psychological profiles commit most serious crimes. 
E)  Psychological explanations fail to explain how conceptions of right and wrong arise. 
A)  Psychologists have demonstrated that personality patterns have some connection to some types of deviance. 
B)  Psychologists view deviance as an individual trait. 
C)  Psychologists have found that people with specific personality patterns are destined to become criminals. 
D)  People with normal psychological profiles commit most serious crimes. 
E)  Psychological explanations fail to explain how conceptions of right and wrong arise.

Question 10

White-collar crime is sometimes called "crime in the suites."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Select the statement that reflects Durkheim's approach to deviance.

Accepted Answer

A)  Crime in primitive societies was treated leniently. 
B)  Crime is abnormal. 
C)  Crime is normal, but is dysfunctional in modern industrial society. 
D)  Crime is normal. 
E)  Crime is abnormal in technologically advanced societies. 
A)  Crime in primitive societies was treated leniently. 
B)  Crime is abnormal. 
C)  Crime is normal, but is dysfunctional in modern industrial society. 
D)  Crime is normal. 
E)  Crime is abnormal in technologically advanced societies.

Question 12

In what category of crime is prostitution?

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A)  crime against the person 
B)  pink-collar crime 
C)  crime against property 
D)  misdemeanour 
E)  victimless crime 
A)  crime against the person 
B)  pink-collar crime 
C)  crime against property 
D)  misdemeanour 
E)  victimless crime

Question 13

Which of Walter Miller's focal concerns of delinquent subcultures is derived from the lack of control these youths feel over their own lives?

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A)  fate 
B)  trouble 
C)  autonomy 
D)  smartness 
E)  need for excitement 
A)  fate 
B)  trouble 
C)  autonomy 
D)  smartness 
E)  need for excitement

Question 14

The "medicalization of deviance"has led to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasingly sound judgments on the appropriate treatment of deviant behaviours 
B)  a stronger emphasis on sociological perspectives of deviance 
C)  stability over the past 50 years in labels assigned to alcoholism 
D)  the treatment of deviant behaviour by medical means 
E)  a sharp reduction in the number of people suffering from alcoholism 
A)  increasingly sound judgments on the appropriate treatment of deviant behaviours 
B)  a stronger emphasis on sociological perspectives of deviance 
C)  stability over the past 50 years in labels assigned to alcoholism 
D)  the treatment of deviant behaviour by medical means 
E)  a sharp reduction in the number of people suffering from alcoholism

Question 15

Select the FALSE assertion about deviance.

Accepted Answer

A)  Deviance exists only in relation to cultural norms. 
B)  There are some acts that are inherently deviant. 
C)  People become deviant as others define them that way. 
D)  Norms and the way people define situations involve social power. 
E)  Each of us violates cultural norms. 
A)  Deviance exists only in relation to cultural norms. 
B)  There are some acts that are inherently deviant. 
C)  People become deviant as others define them that way. 
D)  Norms and the way people define situations involve social power. 
E)  Each of us violates cultural norms.

Question 16

In Miller's approach, the concern over "excitement"relates to the delinquent's search for thrills, risk, or danger.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Is crime a lower-class phenomenon? Why or why not? If the sociological approach is adopted, and white-collar crime becomes a focal point for analysis too, what public policy would you advocate to address crime in Canada?

Accepted Answer

On the one hand, research has indicated

Question 18

The likelihood of people engaging in street crime rises sharply during their:

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescence. 
B)  middle 20s. 
C)  early 30s. 
D)  middle 30s. 
E)  late 30s. 
A)  adolescence. 
B)  middle 20s. 
C)  early 30s. 
D)  middle 30s. 
E)  late 30s.

Question 19

Which of the following is among Spitzer's social-conflict model of the likely "targets"for labelling?

Accepted Answer

A)  people who threaten to take the property of others 
B)  people who want to be employed 
C)  people who enhance the operation of capitalism 
D)  people who accept the capitalist system 
E)  people who accept authority 
A)  people who threaten to take the property of others 
B)  people who want to be employed 
C)  people who enhance the operation of capitalism 
D)  people who accept the capitalist system 
E)  people who accept authority

Question 20

You have engaged in a minor law violation that provokes only a slight reaction or no reaction from others. According to Lemert, your actions illustrate:

Accepted Answer

A)  primary deviance. 
B)  the beginning of a deviant career. 
C)  secondary deviance. 
D)  a deviant identity. 
E)  tertiary deviance. 
A)  primary deviance. 
B)  the beginning of a deviant career. 
C)  secondary deviance. 
D)  a deviant identity. 
E)  tertiary deviance.

Gender and crime data suggest that:

Corporate crime and organized crime are essentially interchangeable terms.

What is the term Merton used in referring to the abandoning of cultural goals while compulsively conforming to cultural norms?

Which of the following is one of Durkheim's functions of deviance?

Police are more likely to arrest a suspect when:

Which of the following are associated with the decline in crime in recent years?

Hate crime laws punish a crime less severely if the offender is motivated by bias.

Which term refers to the attempt to discourage criminality through punishment?

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding psychological explanations of deviance?

White-collar crime is sometimes called "crime in the suites."

Select the statement that reflects Durkheim's approach to deviance.

In what category of crime is prostitution?

Which of Walter Miller's focal concerns of delinquent subcultures is derived from the lack of control these youths feel over their own lives?

The "medicalization of deviance"has led to which of the following?

Select the FALSE assertion about deviance.

In Miller's approach, the concern over "excitement"relates to the delinquent's search for thrills, risk, or danger.

Is crime a lower-class phenomenon? Why or why not? If the sociological approach is adopted, and white-collar crime becomes a focal point for analysis too, what public policy would you advocate to address crime in Canada?

The likelihood of people engaging in street crime rises sharply during their:

Which of the following is among Spitzer's social-conflict model of the likely "targets"for labelling?

You have engaged in a minor law violation that provokes only a slight reaction or no reaction from others. According to Lemert, your actions illustrate:

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Exam 7: Deviance

Gender and crime data suggest that:

Corporate crime and organized crime are essentially interchangeable terms.

What is the term Merton used in referring to the abandoning of cultural goals while compulsively conforming to cultural norms?

Which of the following is one of Durkheim's functions of deviance?

Police are more likely to arrest a suspect when:

Which of the following are associated with the decline in crime in recent years?

Hate crime laws punish a crime less severely if the offender is motivated by bias.

Which term refers to the attempt to discourage criminality through punishment?

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding psychological explanations of deviance?

White-collar crime is sometimes called "crime in the suites."

Select the statement that reflects Durkheim's approach to deviance.

In what category of crime is prostitution?

Which of Walter Miller's focal concerns of delinquent subcultures is derived from the lack of control these youths feel over their own lives?

The "medicalization of deviance"has led to which of the following?

Select the FALSE assertion about deviance.

In Miller's approach, the concern over "excitement"relates to the delinquent's search for thrills, risk, or danger.

Is crime a lower-class phenomenon? Why or why not? If the sociological approach is adopted, and white-collar crime becomes a focal point for analysis too, what public policy would you advocate to address crime in Canada?

The likelihood of people engaging in street crime rises sharply during their:

Which of the following is among Spitzer's social-conflict model of the likely "targets"for labelling?

You have engaged in a minor law violation that provokes only a slight reaction or no reaction from others. According to Lemert, your actions illustrate:

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