Question 1

"Primary deviance" refers to the most serious offenses.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The U.S.government provides a great deal of data about crime in the United States.Drawing on FBI data, what can we say about the "typical street criminal" in terms of age, gender, social class, race, and ethnicity? In each case, what can you say to explain the pattern? Do these patterns contain bias? Explain several reasons why we must treat criminal statistics with caution.

Accepted Answer

The "typical street criminal" in the Uni

Question 3

The likelihood a person will be arrested for a street crime rises sharply

Accepted Answer

A) during the late teenage years. 
B) in the late twenties. 
C) during the middle thirties. 
D) over age forty. 
A) during the late teenage years. 
B) in the late twenties. 
C) during the middle thirties. 
D) over age forty.

Question 4

List the crimes against the person and crimes against property tracked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Which type of crime is more common?

Accepted Answer

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI

Question 5

Which of the following concepts refers to "the recognized violation of cultural norms"?

Accepted Answer

A) deviance 
B) crime 
C) legal infraction 
D) juvenile delinquency 
A) deviance 
B) crime 
C) legal infraction 
D) juvenile delinquency

Question 6

Prostitution is widely regarded as which of the following types of crime?

Accepted Answer

A) crime against the person 
B) crime against property 
C) victimless crime 
D) corporate crime 
A) crime against the person 
B) crime against property 
C) victimless crime 
D) corporate crime

Question 7

Which of the following concepts refers to crime committed by persons of high social position during the course of their occupations?

Accepted Answer

A) victimless crime 
B) white-collar crime 
C) organized crime 
D) street crime 
A) victimless crime 
B) white-collar crime 
C) organized crime 
D) street crime

Question 8

The stigma of deviance can encourage an individual to engage in further deviance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In the United States, men account for about _____ of all arrests for violent crime.

Accepted Answer

A) about 21 percent 
B) about 41 percent 
C) about 61 percent 
D) about 81 percent 
A) about 21 percent 
B) about 41 percent 
C) about 61 percent 
D) about 81 percent

Question 10

Emile Durkheim made the surprising statement that crime is actually useful and perhaps even necessary for all social organization.Write an essay in which you explain Durkheim's approach and point to a number of specific ways in which crime

Accepted Answer

Emile Durkheim, a prominent sociologist,

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Emile Durkheim claimed that deviance was

Question 12

Which of the following are advantages of community-based corrections?

Accepted Answer

A) reducing prison overcrowding 
B) reducing costs of dealing with offenders 
C) avoiding the hardships of prison life, including the stigma attached to being incarcerated 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) reducing prison overcrowding 
B) reducing costs of dealing with offenders 
C) avoiding the hardships of prison life, including the stigma attached to being incarcerated 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 13

Most criminal cases handled by the criminal justice system in the United States are resolved

Accepted Answer

A) through plea bargaining. 
B) with a judge dismissing all charges. 
C) with convictions after a courtroom trial. 
D) with a suspect being convicted and sentenced to prison. 
A) through plea bargaining. 
B) with a judge dismissing all charges. 
C) with convictions after a courtroom trial. 
D) with a suspect being convicted and sentenced to prison.

Question 14

Based on your reading, it would be correct to say that biological approaches offer

Accepted Answer

A) a very limited understanding of crime. 
B) a good explanation of most crimes. 
C) a good explanation of violent crime. 
D) a good explanation of property crime. 
A) a very limited understanding of crime. 
B) a good explanation of most crimes. 
C) a good explanation of violent crime. 
D) a good explanation of property crime.

Question 15

Travis Hirschi's control theory makes the point that people who commit crimes typically have little concern about the potential consequences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Of all the property crimes discussed in the chapter, one occurs far more than all the others.Which one is it?

Accepted Answer

A) motor-vehicle theft 
B) larceny-theft 
C) robbery 
D) forcible rape 
A) motor-vehicle theft 
B) larceny-theft 
C) robbery 
D) forcible rape

Question 17

The basic idea behind labeling theory is that

Accepted Answer

A) deviance is actually useful in a number of ways. 
B) deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do. 
C) power has much to do with how a society defines deviance. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) deviance is actually useful in a number of ways. 
B) deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do. 
C) power has much to do with how a society defines deviance. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 18

Victimization surveys show that the actual amount of crime in the United States is about _____ what official reports indicate.

Accepted Answer

A) half as great as 
B) the same as 
C) more than twice as high as 
D) ten times greater than 
A) half as great as 
B) the same as 
C) more than twice as high as 
D) ten times greater than

Question 19

Read the following four statements about the social foundations of deviance.Select the one statement that is FALSE.

Accepted Answer

A) Deviance exists only in relation to cultural norms. 
B) There are many acts that are always deviant everywhere. 
C) People become deviant as others define them that way. 
D) What the norms are and how people apply them involve social power. 
A) Deviance exists only in relation to cultural norms. 
B) There are many acts that are always deviant everywhere. 
C) People become deviant as others define them that way. 
D) What the norms are and how people apply them involve social power.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) burglary 
B) larceny-theft 
C) robbery 
D) auto-theft 
A) burglary 
B) larceny-theft 
C) robbery 
D) auto-theft

Exam 9: Deviance

"Primary deviance" refers to the most serious offenses.

The likelihood a person will be arrested for a street crime rises sharply

List the crimes against the person and crimes against property tracked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Which type of crime is more common?

Which of the following concepts refers to "the recognized violation of cultural norms"?

Prostitution is widely regarded as which of the following types of crime?

Which of the following concepts refers to crime committed by persons of high social position during the course of their occupations?

The stigma of deviance can encourage an individual to engage in further deviance.

In the United States, men account for about _____ of all arrests for violent crime.

Emile Durkheim made the surprising statement that crime is actually useful and perhaps even necessary for all social organization.Write an essay in which you explain Durkheim's approach and point to a number of specific ways in which crime

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

Which of the following are advantages of community-based corrections?

Most criminal cases handled by the criminal justice system in the United States are resolved

Based on your reading, it would be correct to say that biological approaches offer

Travis Hirschi's control theory makes the point that people who commit crimes typically have little concern about the potential consequences.

Of all the property crimes discussed in the chapter, one occurs far more than all the others.Which one is it?

The basic idea behind labeling theory is that

Victimization surveys show that the actual amount of crime in the United States is about _____ what official reports indicate.

Read the following four statements about the social foundations of deviance.Select the one statement that is FALSE.

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

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