Exam 9: A: Deviance

Organized crime refers to supplying legal goods and services at below market prices.

The only Canadian Prime Minister who was never involved in a financial scandal was the first one,John A.Macdonald.

Labeling theory stresses that some actions are always wrong and others are always right.

The old saying,"An eye for an eye," expresses the essence of rehabilitation.

Travis Hirschi's control theory makes the point that people who commit crime typically have little concern about the consequences of their behavior.

In the Prairie Provinces,47% of female prisoners in federal prisons are Aboriginal.

Albert Cohen suggested that lower-class youths form delinquent subcultures to gain the self-respect society as a whole denies them.

A poor person who has little chance to go to college and who sells illegal drugs to make money is one example of a deviant "innovator."

Where Aboriginal peoples represent 2% of the Canadian population,15.4% of female prisoners are Aboriginal.