Question 1

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates the relationship that exists between deviance and power?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carlton desperately wants an A in his economics class but currently has a B-. The professor (who is also the dean) refuses to let him improve his grade through extra credit, so Carlton cheats on one of his exams. Carlton is caught by the professor, who gives him a zero on that test and threatens to expel him. 
B)  A well-respected city alderman, whose campaign was hugely supported by the local police force, was caught driving under the influence. When the police officer realized whom he had stopped, he decided to let the alderman off with a warning rather than arrest him. 
C)  A black public defender took the case of a black defendant who allegedly stole a white woman's car. The victim demanded that the defendant's lawyer be replaced with a white lawyer to "improve her chances for a fair trial." The black judge denied her request. 
D)  Sherri was laid off from her job six months ago and has had no success finding other employment. As a single mother, she's worried about her family's future. She has applied for loans from four major financial institutions but has been denied by each one. Feeling powerless against the big banks and desperate for money, she begins stealing food and other items needed by her family. 
A)  Carlton desperately wants an A in his economics class but currently has a B-. The professor (who is also the dean) refuses to let him improve his grade through extra credit, so Carlton cheats on one of his exams. Carlton is caught by the professor, who gives him a zero on that test and threatens to expel him. 
B)  A well-respected city alderman, whose campaign was hugely supported by the local police force, was caught driving under the influence. When the police officer realized whom he had stopped, he decided to let the alderman off with a warning rather than arrest him. 
C)  A black public defender took the case of a black defendant who allegedly stole a white woman's car. The victim demanded that the defendant's lawyer be replaced with a white lawyer to "improve her chances for a fair trial." The black judge denied her request. 
D)  Sherri was laid off from her job six months ago and has had no success finding other employment. As a single mother, she's worried about her family's future. She has applied for loans from four major financial institutions but has been denied by each one. Feeling powerless against the big banks and desperate for money, she begins stealing food and other items needed by her family. B

Question 2

As one scholar opines, racial makeup of the rising prison population reflects a "new Jim Crow." What is meant by this?

Accepted Answer

A)  The large numbers of African Americans in the prison population suggest the "Colored Only" accommodations (e.g., cinemas, restaurants, schools) that were once common in the American South up until the mid-twentieth century. 
B)  It is a metaphorical way of saying that African Americans are being lynched today. 
C)  White skinheads are increasingly behaving like the KKK. 
D)  Laws are increasingly becoming black-only when enforced. 
A)  The large numbers of African Americans in the prison population suggest the "Colored Only" accommodations (e.g., cinemas, restaurants, schools) that were once common in the American South up until the mid-twentieth century. 
B)  It is a metaphorical way of saying that African Americans are being lynched today. 
C)  White skinheads are increasingly behaving like the KKK. 
D)  Laws are increasingly becoming black-only when enforced. A

Question 3

What is the critical difference between what President Obama did in regard to torture conducted by the military and his predecessor?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Obama put ex-President Bush on trial for continuing to allow waterboarding. 
B)  President Obama banned torture in 2009. 
C)  President Obama switched from torture to drone attacks. 
D)  President Obama formally ended the war on terror. 
A)  President Obama put ex-President Bush on trial for continuing to allow waterboarding. 
B)  President Obama banned torture in 2009. 
C)  President Obama switched from torture to drone attacks. 
D)  President Obama formally ended the war on terror. B

Question 4

Simply put, to be a "deviant" entails __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a range of outsider activities, most often sexual in nature 
B)  violating religious commandments 
C)  doing something as innocent as not tucking in your shirt 
D)  violating a rule that brings with it the disapproval of others 
A)  a range of outsider activities, most often sexual in nature 
B)  violating religious commandments 
C)  doing something as innocent as not tucking in your shirt 
D)  violating a rule that brings with it the disapproval of others

Question 5

What key factor played into Cesare Beccaria's formula for making people obey the law?

Accepted Answer

A)  harshness 
B)  fairness 
C)  bureaucracy 
D)  retribution 
A)  harshness 
B)  fairness 
C)  bureaucracy 
D)  retribution

Question 6

Our earliest encounter with what is perceived to be normality is, essentially, that of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  our grandparents 
B)  society 
C)  our religion 
D)  our parents and the like 
A)  our grandparents 
B)  society 
C)  our religion 
D)  our parents and the like

Question 7

Which group or cause became the primary driver of the Temperance Movement according to the author of this chapter?

Accepted Answer

A)  industrialization and excessive drinking proved to be incompatible for a compliant and productive working class 
B)  foreign immigrants who were believed to drink in excess 
C)  alcohol fueled the abuse of women 
D)  drinking less would better acclimate the new immigrants to the previous levels of morality and social drinking 
A)  industrialization and excessive drinking proved to be incompatible for a compliant and productive working class 
B)  foreign immigrants who were believed to drink in excess 
C)  alcohol fueled the abuse of women 
D)  drinking less would better acclimate the new immigrants to the previous levels of morality and social drinking

Question 8

When a couple gets married and vows to remain faithful, they are expressing a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  religious conviction 
B)  willingness to behave according to what people expect 
C)  acceptable behavior 
D)  obedience vis-à-vis a civil marriage or union 
A)  religious conviction 
B)  willingness to behave according to what people expect 
C)  acceptable behavior 
D)  obedience vis-à-vis a civil marriage or union

Question 9

From the point of view of sociology, an Orthodox Jewish school for girls requiring long skirts is __________ compared to the dress code of girls in most public schools.

Accepted Answer

A)  statistically deviant 
B)  statistically moral 
C)  socially deviant 
D)  an acceptable norm 
A)  statistically deviant 
B)  statistically moral 
C)  socially deviant 
D)  an acceptable norm

Question 10

According to current ideology among social scientists, which of the following reasons best explains why the United States is experiencing mass incarceration and has a significantly higher incarceration rate than any other country?

Accepted Answer

A)  an increase in immigration to the United States 
B)  an increase in moral crusades against drugs and drug users and tougher political stances against crime and criminals 
C)  higher crime rates than any other country 
D)  a drastic increase in crime over the last decade 
A)  an increase in immigration to the United States 
B)  an increase in moral crusades against drugs and drug users and tougher political stances against crime and criminals 
C)  higher crime rates than any other country 
D)  a drastic increase in crime over the last decade

Question 11

As societies become more complex, __________ even as these societies become more progressive.

Accepted Answer

A)  informal sanctions are being formalized 
B)  formal means of control have expanded 
C)  mass surveillance will replace both informal and formal sanctions 
D)  they will see a rise in deviance vis-à-vis social control 
A)  informal sanctions are being formalized 
B)  formal means of control have expanded 
C)  mass surveillance will replace both informal and formal sanctions 
D)  they will see a rise in deviance vis-à-vis social control

Question 12

The author of this chapter proposes that the presidential election of __________ would have had a much different outcome had millions not lost the right to vote in that election decades earlier.

Accepted Answer

A)  1996 
B)  1992 
C)  2000 
D)  2008 
A)  1996 
B)  1992 
C)  2000 
D)  2008

Question 13

Taylor and Ally are attending a home game to cheer on their favorite baseball team. Taylor, like the vast majority of fans in attendance, is wearing the home team's jersey. Ally is wearing a random T-shirt that isn't even the team's color. Ally's behavior is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  socially controlled 
B)  socially deviant 
C)  statistically deviant 
D)  the norm 
A)  socially controlled 
B)  socially deviant 
C)  statistically deviant 
D)  the norm

Question 14

Which of the following statements about the United States is indicative of reality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Crime rates in the United States are, on average, very similar to those of other first world nations. 
B)  Crime rates are much higher in the United States, which now has a reputation overseas as a very violent place to visit. 
C)  The United States imprisons, on average, the same number of people per capita as do other nations. 
D)  Murders in the United States almost always are committed by strangers on strangers. 
A)  Crime rates in the United States are, on average, very similar to those of other first world nations. 
B)  Crime rates are much higher in the United States, which now has a reputation overseas as a very violent place to visit. 
C)  The United States imprisons, on average, the same number of people per capita as do other nations. 
D)  Murders in the United States almost always are committed by strangers on strangers.

Question 15

A key reason for sending people to prison is vengeance. This notion goes back to the very first codifications of law. Provide a definition and commentary.

Accepted Answer

Retribution is the appropriated term for

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of statistical deviance?

Accepted Answer

A)  Three men have built a meth lab in the basement. 
B)  The Occupy Wall Street protesters marched without a permit. 
C)  Four female students are arrested for appearing topless on the university commons. 
D)  A man decides to sing loudly while he is shopping for groceries. 
A)  Three men have built a meth lab in the basement. 
B)  The Occupy Wall Street protesters marched without a permit. 
C)  Four female students are arrested for appearing topless on the university commons. 
D)  A man decides to sing loudly while he is shopping for groceries.

Question 17

Define sanctions and the two forms discussed in your textbook. Include examples.

Accepted Answer

A key dimension of social control occurs

Question 18

How does labeling one as deviant reinforce the so-called "deviance"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It becomes a "self-fulfilling prophecy," thereby proving the person is a deviant after all. 
B)  Once labeled a deviant, an individual's actions are more closely scrutinized by others, improving the odds that the person will be caught in further acts of deviance. 
C)  The person consciously accepts the premise of those in social control. 
D)  Deviance becomes a form of social acceptance, that is, what society expects of the deviant. 
A)  It becomes a "self-fulfilling prophecy," thereby proving the person is a deviant after all. 
B)  Once labeled a deviant, an individual's actions are more closely scrutinized by others, improving the odds that the person will be caught in further acts of deviance. 
C)  The person consciously accepts the premise of those in social control. 
D)  Deviance becomes a form of social acceptance, that is, what society expects of the deviant.

Question 19

The 1919 constitutional amendment that outlawed the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States failed because __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  of civil disobedience 
B)  organized crime undermined the new law 
C)  the religiosity that once supported such a law vanished after World War I 
D)  people were allowed to distill their own alcoholic beverages 
A)  of civil disobedience 
B)  organized crime undermined the new law 
C)  the religiosity that once supported such a law vanished after World War I 
D)  people were allowed to distill their own alcoholic beverages

Question 20

The perception that African Americans are lawbreakers began __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  during the colonial period 
B)  in the early twentieth century 
C)  due to increasing film and television portrayals of blacks as criminals 
D)  just after the Civil War 
A)  during the colonial period 
B)  in the early twentieth century 
C)  due to increasing film and television portrayals of blacks as criminals 
D)  just after the Civil War

Exam 17: Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates the relationship that exists between deviance and power?

As one scholar opines, racial makeup of the rising prison population reflects a "new Jim Crow." What is meant by this?

What is the critical difference between what President Obama did in regard to torture conducted by the military and his predecessor?

Simply put, to be a "deviant" entails __________.

What key factor played into Cesare Beccaria's formula for making people obey the law?

Our earliest encounter with what is perceived to be normality is, essentially, that of __________.

Which group or cause became the primary driver of the Temperance Movement according to the author of this chapter?

When a couple gets married and vows to remain faithful, they are expressing a(n) __________.

From the point of view of sociology, an Orthodox Jewish school for girls requiring long skirts is __________ compared to the dress code of girls in most public schools.

According to current ideology among social scientists, which of the following reasons best explains why the United States is experiencing mass incarceration and has a significantly higher incarceration rate than any other country?

As societies become more complex, __________ even as these societies become more progressive.

The author of this chapter proposes that the presidential election of __________ would have had a much different outcome had millions not lost the right to vote in that election decades earlier.

Taylor and Ally are attending a home game to cheer on their favorite baseball team. Taylor, like the vast majority of fans in attendance, is wearing the home team's jersey. Ally is wearing a random T-shirt that isn't even the team's color. Ally's behavior is __________.

Which of the following statements about the United States is indicative of reality?

A key reason for sending people to prison is vengeance. This notion goes back to the very first codifications of law. Provide a definition and commentary.

Which of the following is an example of statistical deviance?

Define sanctions and the two forms discussed in your textbook. Include examples.

How does labeling one as deviant reinforce the so-called "deviance"?

The 1919 constitutional amendment that outlawed the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States failed because __________.

The perception that African Americans are lawbreakers began __________.

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