Deck 3: Social Control

Question 1

Which of the following is a type of informal social control?

A) police
B) court
C) church
D) FBI

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Any social arrangement that serves to preserve or enforce the status quo for social groups is considered a form of _______ .

A) power
B) social control
C) inequality
D) exploitation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Actions which, by taking enforcement action, authorities unintentionally encourage rule breaking is captured by the concept of _______ .

A) nonenforcement
B) covert facilitation
C) societal trends
D) escalation

Answer 3

D

Question 4

More technology in law enforcement leads to increased chances for _______ .

A) nonenforcement
B) covert facilitation
C) societal trends
D) escalation

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a type of covert facilitation?

A) Disguised police or their agents cooperating with others in illegal actions.
B) Police secretly generating opportunities for rule breaking without being coconspirators.
C) Disguised police or their agents cooperating with others in legal actions.
D) Police secretly generating motives for rule breaking without being coconspirators.

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a type of concealment?

A) self-segregation
B) passing
C) constructing disidentities
D) all of the above are types of concealment

Question 7

A stigma management strategy where so-called deviants try to reduce the importance or salience of a discrediting attribute is called _______ .

A) deflection
B) concealment
C) normalization
D) all of the above are correct

Question 8

Jennifer had played basketball since she was six years old. After a successful middle school debut, she was asked to be a member of the high school team. Jennifer was excited and expected a hero's welcome in school the next day. Instead, she received taunts and jeers about "liking older women," Distraught, Jennifer went home and thought of what she could do. She decided to write a letter to a famous WNBA star to ask her to speak about women's athletics (and also to ask her if she faced the same demeaning behavior by others). After only a few weeks, the WNBA star accepted and came to her school to speak. What Jennifer did was facilitate the _______ female athletes at her school.

A) construction of disidentities for
B) normalization of
C) deflection of stigma for
D) further stigmatization of

Question 9

Foucault's concept of the _______ captures a society where everyday movements of citizens are constantly monitored.

A) Big Brother
B) surveillance society
C) police state
D) omniscient control government

Question 10

_______ is the creation of relationships with authority figures for one's own purposes.

A) Resistance as appropriation
B) Tactical avoidance
C) Alternate routes
D) Sousveillance

Question 11

_______ is to challenge and problematize both surveillance and acquiescence to it, often by reversing these technologies to help the observed observe those in authority.

A) Resistance as appropriation
B) Tactical avoidance
C) Alternate routes
D) Sousveillance

Question 12

How can the two main types of social control be seen in society today? Please give at least two examples.

Question 13

What are some negative and positive effects of social control?

Question 14

According to Gary Marx, what are the main ironies of formal social control? What would you recommend to counter these ironies?

Question 15

How could stigma or stigma management play a role in how police react to different situations and how formal social control is exercised across contexts?

Question 16

Describe how you feel about the surveillance situation described in the Weiss article. How would you have felt and reacted if this had taken place in your high school?