Question 1

As the population in the United States grows older, the rate of violent crime can be expected to decline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1919 to 1933 was a major factor in the rise of:

Accepted Answer

A)  juvenile delinquency 
B)  organized crime 
C)  the Women's Christian Temperance Union 
D)  discrimination against minority groups 
A)  juvenile delinquency 
B)  organized crime 
C)  the Women's Christian Temperance Union 
D)  discrimination against minority groups

Question 3

The term tunnel people refers to those who

Accepted Answer

A)  are forced out of older homes into homelessness 
B)  live under boxes on the periphery of the city 
C)  survive in the tunnels of midtown Manhattan 
D)  all of the these 
A)  are forced out of older homes into homelessness 
B)  live under boxes on the periphery of the city 
C)  survive in the tunnels of midtown Manhattan 
D)  all of the these

Question 4

A person who commits a deviant act and is caught, or who becomes a member of a deviant group eventually develops a commitment to that group and its culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following were found to be true in D. L. Rosenhan's study of pseudopatients in a mental hospital EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Although released, none of the patients was ever considered to be cured. 
B)  Each of the pseudopatients was diagnosed as schizophrenic. 
C)  Eventually, the deviant label tended to weaken and disappear. 
D)  The label of schizophrenia became a justification for mistreatment. 
A)  Although released, none of the patients was ever considered to be cured. 
B)  Each of the pseudopatients was diagnosed as schizophrenic. 
C)  Eventually, the deviant label tended to weaken and disappear. 
D)  The label of schizophrenia became a justification for mistreatment.

Question 6

A major reason for the reduction in the crime rate in recent years has been:

Accepted Answer

A)  a decrease in the number of males in the young-adult age bracket 
B)  increased job opportunities 
C)  increased levels of education 
D)  increased spending on law enforcement 
A)  a decrease in the number of males in the young-adult age bracket 
B)  increased job opportunities 
C)  increased levels of education 
D)  increased spending on law enforcement

Question 7

Describe briefly the debate about capital punishment and the evidence on its effectiveness.

Accepted Answer

Historically capital punishment was an a

Question 8

Felony disenfranchisement occurs when:

Accepted Answer

A)  voting rights are denied some ex-felons 
B)  extreme punishments are inflicted on prisoners 
C)  power differences between prisoners are dominant 
D)  rehabilitation does not work 
A)  voting rights are denied some ex-felons 
B)  extreme punishments are inflicted on prisoners 
C)  power differences between prisoners are dominant 
D)  rehabilitation does not work

Question 9

Early explanations of social deviance viewed crime as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  biological anomaly 
B)  result of class conflict 
C)  moral issue 
D)  social pathology 
A)  biological anomaly 
B)  result of class conflict 
C)  moral issue 
D)  social pathology

Question 10

Within a given society conceptions of crime and deviance are generally uniform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Robert K. Merton believed that the origins of deviant behavior lie in:

Accepted Answer

A)  attempts by the upper classes to regulate the behavior of the poor 
B)  people's genetic structures 
C)  social structures that exert pressure toward nonconformity 
D)  the state of mind of people who commit deviant acts 
A)  attempts by the upper classes to regulate the behavior of the poor 
B)  people's genetic structures 
C)  social structures that exert pressure toward nonconformity 
D)  the state of mind of people who commit deviant acts

Question 12

Which of the following countries has NOT abolished capital punishment?

Accepted Answer

A)  China 
B)  Spain 
C)  Germany 
D)  Italy 
A)  China 
B)  Spain 
C)  Germany 
D)  Italy

Question 13

Delinquency that occurs in areas with high rates of juvenile crime tends to be supported by the norms of lower-class teenage peer groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

At the time of the witch hunt, the social conditions in 1692 in Salem were

Accepted Answer

A)  undergoing great change 
B)  very stable 
C)  becoming more conservative 
D)  based on moderate social views 
A)  undergoing great change 
B)  very stable 
C)  becoming more conservative 
D)  based on moderate social views

Question 15

Marxian conflict theory supports the idea that crime and deviance are

Accepted Answer

A)  the result of class conflict and the development of capitalism 
B)  a product of opportunities for deviance being created 
C)  the result of the failure of social structures to function properly 
D)  genetically determined 
A)  the result of class conflict and the development of capitalism 
B)  a product of opportunities for deviance being created 
C)  the result of the failure of social structures to function properly 
D)  genetically determined

Question 16

Official crime statistics do not measure white-collar crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sociologists have observed that some Chicago neighborhoods had consistently higher rates of juvenile delinquency than others did, regardless of which immigrant groups lived there at the time. This pattern was explained by which of the following theories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Class conflict was well developed in those neighborhoods. 
B)  The culture of deviance had become a part of the way of life of teenagers in those neighborhoods. 
C)  The immigrant families came from cultures that valued such behaviors. 
D)  There was an inherent conflict in values between the immigrant subcultures and the dominant culture. 
A)  Class conflict was well developed in those neighborhoods. 
B)  The culture of deviance had become a part of the way of life of teenagers in those neighborhoods. 
C)  The immigrant families came from cultures that valued such behaviors. 
D)  There was an inherent conflict in values between the immigrant subcultures and the dominant culture.

Question 18

Capital punishment is an example of a:

Accepted Answer

A)  strong negative sanction 
B)  strong positive sanction 
C)  weak negative sanction 
D)  weak positive sanction 
A)  strong negative sanction 
B)  strong positive sanction 
C)  weak negative sanction 
D)  weak positive sanction

Question 19

Opponents of apartheid are universally seen as deviant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: Deviance and Social Control

As the population in the United States grows older, the rate of violent crime can be expected to decline.

The prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1919 to 1933 was a major factor in the rise of:

The term tunnel people refers to those who

A person who commits a deviant act and is caught, or who becomes a member of a deviant group eventually develops a commitment to that group and its culture.

All of the following were found to be true in D. L. Rosenhan's study of pseudopatients in a mental hospital EXCEPT:

A major reason for the reduction in the crime rate in recent years has been:

Describe briefly the debate about capital punishment and the evidence on its effectiveness.

Felony disenfranchisement occurs when:

Early explanations of social deviance viewed crime as a:

Within a given society conceptions of crime and deviance are generally uniform.

Robert K. Merton believed that the origins of deviant behavior lie in:

Which of the following countries has NOT abolished capital punishment?

Delinquency that occurs in areas with high rates of juvenile crime tends to be supported by the norms of lower-class teenage peer groups.

At the time of the witch hunt, the social conditions in 1692 in Salem were

Marxian conflict theory supports the idea that crime and deviance are

Official crime statistics do not measure white-collar crime.

Sociologists have observed that some Chicago neighborhoods had consistently higher rates of juvenile delinquency than others did, regardless of which immigrant groups lived there at the time. This pattern was explained by which of the following theories?

Capital punishment is an example of a:

Opponents of apartheid are universally seen as deviant.

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