Exam 7: Deviance

His friends begin to criticize Marco as a "juice-head," pushing him out of their social circle.Marco begins to drink even more, becomes bitter, and joins a new group of friends who also are heavy drinkers.According to Lemert, Marco's situation illustrates

In terms of racial categories, most of the people in the United States arrested for FBI Index crimes are

Participating in the subculture that Elijah Anderson describes as "the code of the streets" raises the risk that young people will end up

Explain the value and the limitations of biological and psychological explanations of crime.Expand the essay by explaining the strengths of a sociological approach to understanding crime.

The correct view of the role of biology in causing people to commit crimes is that

Why did Emile Durkheim claim that deviance was "normal"? List four ways in which deviance is functional for society, according to Durkheim.

The old saying, "An eye for an eye," expresses the idea underlying the policy of rehabilitation.

According to Robert Merton's strain theory, the term _______ correctly describes the behavior of a radical activist who rejects just about everything in the existing society in favor of some alternative system.

Cloward and Ohlin extended Merton's theory of deviance, stating that crime

Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that

Mike reports the theft of his dirt bike from the front yard of his house.The police would record this as which type of crime?

"Due process" means handling alleged offenders within the bounds of the law.

What is meant by "community-based corrections?" What are the advantages of this approach compared to sending convicted offenders to prison? What are some of the limitations of this approach? Do you favor or oppose expanding community-based corrections? Why?

Reducing prison overcrowding, the costs of dealing with offenders, and helping offenders avoid the stigma of incarceration are all advantages of

According to Elliot Currie, factors that explain the high crime rate in the United States by world standards include

Using a Marxist approach, Steven Spitzer claims that prime targets for deviant labeling include

Define each of the following: white-collar crime, corporate crime, organized crime, and hate crime.

Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz states that the label of "insanity" is widely applied to behavior that is actually only "different."

What concept did Erving Goffman use to refer to a powerful and negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity?

What is considered deviant is mostly the same behavior all around the world.