Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

Enrique is an openly gay man living in Toronto.However, during visits to his parents in a small town in Ontario, Enrique conceals his gay identity.What is Enrique trying to avoid?

From the sociological standpoint, what is interesting about the moral panic about crime occurring in Canada in recent years?

Define the official crime rate and alternate sources of information about crime.What differences in prevalence of crime are these sources likely to show?

Critics argue that police units investigating white-collar crime are too small and inadequately funded.With which of the following theories is this view consistent?

Relatively powerful groups can only rarely create norms and laws that suit their interests.

Which of the following groups is the most overrepresented in Canadian prisons?

Under pressure from recent criticism, the NHL has banned violence during hockey games.

Imprisonment is one of the main forms of punishment in industrial societies.

What factors help explain the declining crime rates in Canada in recent decades?

Capital punishment has never been used in Canada.

Heather has several visible body piercings and tattoos, and dyes her hair blue.What kind of deviance are her actions characterized as?

You have just been elected prime minister.Your first campaign pledge was to do something to reduce the rate of crime.Explain what you would do to fulfill this pledge.

"Zorro," a local dealer, cooks meth and deals it and other drugs from the basement of his mother's home.What type of crime is he guilty of committing?

Negatively assessing a person and labelling the person as undesirable based on his or her ethnic background, gender, or disability is characteristic of which of the following?

White-collar crimes result in many prosecutions and still more convictions.

Which of the following views of punishment is characterized by the idea that if criminals are imprisoned they will not be free to do more harm to society?

Which of the following reforms of the Canadian penal system has been suggested as means to reduce recidivism?

According to the textbook, what causes fear of violent victimization by strangers now felt by many Canadians?

Which sociologist theorized that becoming deviant is often accomplished through a process of social learning?

Which of the following is the definition of a crime?