Question 1

Putting more people in prison and imposing tougher penalties for crime increases crime rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a factor in explaining the decline of crime in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A) more police were put on the streets 
B) communities established their own systems of surveillance and patrol 
C) the number of young men in the population declined 
D) the economic expansion of the 1990s 
E) decreased business surveillance of shoplifters 
A) more police were put on the streets 
B) communities established their own systems of surveillance and patrol 
C) the number of young men in the population declined 
D) the economic expansion of the 1990s 
E) decreased business surveillance of shoplifters

Question 3

Compare and contrast informal and formal punishment.How do these forms of punishment make stable social life possible?

Accepted Answer

Informal punishment refers to the conseq

Question 4

Self-report surveys:

Accepted Answer

A) show about three times the rate of serious crime as official statistics 
B) show about the same rate of less serious crime as official statistics 
C) show about the same rate of serious and less serious crime as official statistics 
D) are rarely conducted these days due to serious methodological flaws in their design 
E) none of these choices 
A) show about three times the rate of serious crime as official statistics 
B) show about the same rate of less serious crime as official statistics 
C) show about the same rate of serious and less serious crime as official statistics 
D) are rarely conducted these days due to serious methodological flaws in their design 
E) none of these choices

Question 5

According to the crime data discussed in the text,what evidence supports the contentions of conflict theory?

Accepted Answer

The evidence that supports the contentio

Question 6

The sociological approach that emphasizes how people socially create norms and laws is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) social control theory 
B) strain theory 
C) functional theory 
D) social constructionism 
E) conflict theory 
A) social control theory 
B) strain theory 
C) functional theory 
D) social constructionism 
E) conflict theory

Question 7

Rape is prosecuted more often today than in the past because women's position in the following areas has changed:

Accepted Answer

A) the economy 
B) the family 
C) government 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices 
A) the economy 
B) the family 
C) government 
D) all of these choices 
E) none of these choices

Question 8

According to the text,deviance and crime:

Accepted Answer

A) are easy to define 
B) are defined differently in different historical periods 
C) are easy to understand because people always act in the same ways 
D) are only deviance and crime in the eyes of the beholder 
E) all of these choices 
A) are easy to define 
B) are defined differently in different historical periods 
C) are easy to understand because people always act in the same ways 
D) are only deviance and crime in the eyes of the beholder 
E) all of these choices

Question 9

Which theory discussed in the text offers the least compelling explanation of crime in the United States? Which elements of the theory make it weak? Compare the theory to what you regard as the most compelling theory of crime in the text.

Accepted Answer

The theory discussed in the text that of

Question 10

Crimes that involve violations of the law in which no victim steps forward and is identified are known as:

Accepted Answer

A) street crimes 
B) state crimes 
C) public crimes 
D) victimless crimes 
E) violent crimes 
A) street crimes 
B) state crimes 
C) public crimes 
D) victimless crimes 
E) violent crimes

Question 11

Street crimes and white-collar crimes are committed disproportionately by people from lower classes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Los Angeles riot of 1992 shows that there may be competing understandings of an event.Typically,sociologists interested in understanding the Los Angeles riot of 1992 will try to understand how ____ led to the rioting and the labeling of the criminals by the police.

Accepted Answer

A) social definitions,social relationships,and social conditions 
B) stereotyping 
C) conformity 
D) none of these choices 
E) all of these choices 
A) social definitions,social relationships,and social conditions 
B) stereotyping 
C) conformity 
D) none of these choices 
E) all of these choices

Question 13

In recent years,when the American public,lawmakers,and officials in the criminal justice system were motivated by strong fears that crime posed a grave and immediate threat to society,they were gripped by:

Accepted Answer

A) a norm 
B) a value 
C) social control 
D) a moral panic 
E) stereotypes 
A) a norm 
B) a value 
C) social control 
D) a moral panic 
E) stereotypes

Question 14

While some deviant acts,such as rape,are generally seen as very harmful,others,such as tattooing,are commonly regarded as being of little consequence.This demonstrates which dimension of deviance and crime?

Accepted Answer

A) severity of the social response 
B) perceived harmfulness of the deviant or criminal act 
C) degree of public agreement about whether an act should be considered deviant 
D) the invariability of social definitions of deviance and crime 
E) none of these choices 
A) severity of the social response 
B) perceived harmfulness of the deviant or criminal act 
C) degree of public agreement about whether an act should be considered deviant 
D) the invariability of social definitions of deviance and crime 
E) none of these choices

Putting more people in prison and imposing tougher penalties for crime increases crime rates.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in explaining the decline of crime in the 1990s?

Compare and contrast informal and formal punishment.How do these forms of punishment make stable social life possible?

Self-report surveys:

According to the crime data discussed in the text,what evidence supports the contentions of conflict theory?

The sociological approach that emphasizes how people socially create norms and laws is known as:

Rape is prosecuted more often today than in the past because women's position in the following areas has changed:

According to the text,deviance and crime:

Which theory discussed in the text offers the least compelling explanation of crime in the United States? Which elements of the theory make it weak? Compare the theory to what you regard as the most compelling theory of crime in the text.

Crimes that involve violations of the law in which no victim steps forward and is identified are known as:

Street crimes and white-collar crimes are committed disproportionately by people from lower classes.

The Los Angeles riot of 1992 shows that there may be competing understandings of an event.Typically,sociologists interested in understanding the Los Angeles riot of 1992 will try to understand how ____ led to the rioting and the labeling of the criminals by the police.

In recent years,when the American public,lawmakers,and officials in the criminal justice system were motivated by strong fears that crime posed a grave and immediate threat to society,they were gripped by:

While some deviant acts,such as rape,are generally seen as very harmful,others,such as tattooing,are commonly regarded as being of little consequence.This demonstrates which dimension of deviance and crime?

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Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

Putting more people in prison and imposing tougher penalties for crime increases crime rates.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in explaining the decline of crime in the 1990s?

Compare and contrast informal and formal punishment.How do these forms of punishment make stable social life possible?

Self-report surveys:

According to the crime data discussed in the text,what evidence supports the contentions of conflict theory?

The sociological approach that emphasizes how people socially create norms and laws is known as:

Rape is prosecuted more often today than in the past because women's position in the following areas has changed:

According to the text,deviance and crime:

Which theory discussed in the text offers the least compelling explanation of crime in the United States? Which elements of the theory make it weak? Compare the theory to what you regard as the most compelling theory of crime in the text.

Crimes that involve violations of the law in which no victim steps forward and is identified are known as:

Street crimes and white-collar crimes are committed disproportionately by people from lower classes.

The Los Angeles riot of 1992 shows that there may be competing understandings of an event.Typically,sociologists interested in understanding the Los Angeles riot of 1992 will try to understand how ____ led to the rioting and the labeling of the criminals by the police.

In recent years,when the American public,lawmakers,and officials in the criminal justice system were motivated by strong fears that crime posed a grave and immediate threat to society,they were gripped by:

While some deviant acts,such as rape,are generally seen as very harmful,others,such as tattooing,are commonly regarded as being of little consequence.This demonstrates which dimension of deviance and crime?

A Sociological Compass

How Sociologists Do Research

Culture

Socialization

Social Interaction

Social Collectivities: Groups to Societies

Stratification: United States and Global Perspectives

Globalization, Inequality, and Development

Race and Ethnicity

Sexuality and Gender

Sociology of the Body: Disability, Aging, and Death

Work and the Economy

Politics

Families

Religion

Education

The Mass Media

Health and Medicine

Population and Urbanization

Collective Action and Social Movements

Technology and the Global Environment

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