Exam 6: Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Based on the recent study that investigated whether a child's propensity for aggression was linked to biological factors present at birth, with which statement would researchers most likely agree?

The New Jim Crow argues that a caste system that disproportionately disadvantages African Americans has been created by:

Compare and contrast differential association theory with control theory. Which theory do you think better explains crime? Please explain your answers in three to five sentences.

Theorizing that terrorists have a certain personality profile is an example of which view of deviance?

From the perspective of labeling theory, deviance is seen as:

In two to three sentences, apply control theory to explain why people in their late teens are more likely to commit crime than older people.

Crime typically carried out by people in the more affluent sectors of society is called:

Joe is a straight-A student and wants to go to a four-year college after high school. When his friends encourage him to skip class and hang out with them, he refuses to do so because he doesn't want to jeopardize his GPA. This is an example of:

Which theory views crime as the outcome of an imbalance between impulses toward criminal activity and the social or physical controls that deter it?

How is it possible that a person can be both a conformist and a deviant? Please explain your answer in two to three sentences.

According to the textbook, violent crime is more common:

Even though white-collar crimes may have further-reaching consequences than petty property crimes, they are often hard to prosecute and do not appear in official statistics at all. Which theoretical perspective would most likely examine this and draw a connection between criminal punishment and class?

Which of the following best illustrates community policing?

When laws allowing capital punishment are compared internationally, we can see that:

Which theory is closest to the arguments of Karl Marx?

The term that describes practical measures used to limit a criminal's ability to commit crime is:

Which of the following statements related to the biological view of deviance is true?

Describe a real or hypothetical scenario in which a "stop and frisk" approach is taken by police, including an account of the characteristics detainees are likely to have, according to your textbook. Apply this scenario to a brief discussion of Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow and Victor Rios's book Punished to examine why this policy has been so controversial.

Which of the following is an example of the organized crime Manuel Castells described?

According to the textbook, the prison population has grown so much that what is being done to accommodate it?