Exam 8: Deviance and Social Control

Recently, federal and state funding for educating prison inmates has ____________.

In his analysis of the relationship between drinking and driving, Joseph Gusfield has concluded that since 1945 the highway death rate has:

The FBI's Crime Index is an accurate measure of the extent of crime in the U.S.

Less threatening forms of deviance in a society are controlled by:

Dr. Alexander Johnson has a medical practice in which most of his patients are having their care paid for by Medicare or Medicaid. Johnson very often has patients sign blank claim forms so that he can bill the government for services he did not really perform. Such behavior would be termed:

In his study of witchcraft in colonial New England, Kai Erikson showed that it could be seen as a reflection of:

Capital punishment is a highly effective deterrent against murder.

Marxists argue that definitions of what is criminal and who should be punished are generally applied:

Crime is defined as

The chances that a person who commits a crime will be arrested are:

In the past four years homicide rates in the United States have

From a Marxian viewpoint, crime can be understood only in terms of the development of capitalism.

An attribute or quality of an individual that is deeply discrediting is referred to as:

Improving funding for rehabilitation has been a major focus of American lawmakers recently.

The theory that explains deviance as a learned behavior that is determined by the extent of a person's interaction with individuals who already practice such behavior is called:

In their research on biology and crime, Herrnstein and Wilson have concluded that:

In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the acceptance of both the cultural goals of society and the accepted means of achieving them is termed:

Explain the role of rehabilitation in American prisons.

When did rehabilitation begin to be taken seriously as a main function of prisons?

What are the consequences of felony disenfranchisement?