Exam 8: Deviance and Social Control

The scale of felony disenfranchisement in the U.S. is greater than anywhere else in the world.

Approximately __________ U.S. citizens are disenfranchised including more than _________ who have fully completed their sentences.

In Robert K. Merton's theory of deviance, the act of accepting society's culturally approved goals but stepping over the boundaries of acceptable goal-seeking behavior is called:

Organized crime is most often associated with all of the following deviant behaviors EXCEPT

All deviance is crime but not all crime is deviance.

It is estimated that within a decade __________ million people will be under some form of law enforcement or surveillance in the U.S.

An act or omission of an act for which the state can apply sanctions is called:

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the labeling process?

All of the following statements about deviance are true EXCEPT:

The FBI Crime Index includes all of the following crimes EXCEPT:

According to Howard Becker, the idea of "commitment" refers to:

In Robert K. Merton's study of deviance, the act of rejecting cultural goals but accepting the means of achieving them is termed:

Official statistics on crime tend to be inadequate because:

Deviance is a natural characteristic of certain forms of behavior.

Robert Merton believed that ritualists pose an extreme danger to the stability of society.

Victimization surveys indicate that

The probability that a person who has served a jail term will commit additional crimes and be jailed again is called:

Which of the following countries has the highest rate of incarceration?

Critics of prisons often argue from a __________ perspective that prisons serve as "schools for crime."

-Based on the chart shown below and according to Robert K. Merton's typology of deviance, the behavior of hermits and vagrants would be classified as: