Exam 7: Deviance and Crime

Premarital sex, homosexuality, and cohabitation before marriage are:

Which country has the highest rate of incarceration in the world?

Hoarders, people who fill their homes with items from the ceiling to the floor, are examples of:

An example of ______________________ is Bernie Madoff, who was convicted of being the leader of a Ponzi scheme.

Travis Hirschi's social control theory focuses on why people do not commit deviant acts.

Which of the following does the text identify as an important built-in characteristic of the criminal justice system in the United States?

Discuss the application of conflict theories to deviance, the elite, and the poor. Select one example of how this approach can be applied to a contemporary issue of deviance.

Joe wants to go out this weekend, but he has no money. He thinks about stealing some money from a coworker but he doesn't, because he knows it would be morally wrong. This is an example of which theory as it relates to deviance?

Conflict/critical theorists focus on how inequalities cause some of the less powerful individuals in society to engage in deviant and criminal acts because they have few, if any, other ways of succeeding in society.

__________________ was one of the creators of the structural/functionalist theoretical perspective.

Deviant consumers include those who consume too much or do not consume enough conventional goods.

The theory that says people perceive urban disorder-the state of disrepair to buildings in a neighborhood, or the presence of deviant people such as panhandlers or prostitutes-is called:

According to the text, tattoos were once considered an indication that a person belonged to a deviant group, but now Americans consider tattoos normal.

Deviance is defined as an action, belief, or human characteristic that is inherently against human nature.

Harold Garfinkel studied Agnes, a male-to-female transgendered person, in a classic ___________ study.

Part of the interactionist perspective, as it pertains to deviance, is the interpretation of symbols and the interactions between people.

In recent developments to strain theory, Robert Agnew developed a theory that was more focused on:

Something is considered "deviant" in all groups across all societies.

A key figure in criminology, _________________ created the differential association theory and helped to influence the use of a symbolic interaction approach to criminology.

John is an ex-con who moves to a rural town after being let out of prison. He has moved there so that no one will know his identity and what he has done in the past. John is an example of a person with a(n) _____________________________.