Deck 11: Conflict Theories

Question 1

A socialist feminist perspective on crime is likely to examine:

A) cultural values
B) class relations
C) biology and psychology
D) day care availability

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following holds that criminal laws are created and enforced for the protection of the capitalist class.

A) Structuralist Marxism
B) Socialist Marxism
C) Instrumentalist Marxism
D) Socialist feminism

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following claims that law and law enforcement is not directed by the capitalist class but serves the general long-term purpose of legitimating and upholding existing class relations:

A) radical feminism
B) group conflict theory
C) structuralist Marxism
D) instrumentalist Marxism

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A perspective that views the problem of gender inequality and of women's subordination in society as rooted in the institution of patriarchy is

A) Socialist feminism
B) Structural feminism
C) Structural Marxism
D) Radical feminism

Question 5

The idea that law and order issues are defined by the state in ways that disadvantage lower-class and status groups is linked to:

A) cultural conflict theory
B) left realism
C) group conflict theory
D) socialist feminism

Question 6

Which of the following is the base of society,upon which superstructural institutions are built,in Marxist theory?

A) the political sphere
B) the economic sphere
C) the social sphere
D) the legal sphere

Question 7

The argument that criminal law and its enforcement acts directly to uphold a dominant capitalist class is associated with:

A) instrumentalist Marxism
B) structural Marxism
C) cultural conflict theory
D) group conflict theory

Question 8

In the structural Marxist perspective,a term used to indicate that the state has a certain amount of independence from the capitalist class and is therefore able to enact laws that are not in the immediate interests of the capitalist class is

A) Class fractioning
B) False consciousness
C) Instrumental behaviour
D) Relative autonomy

Question 9

Feminism and Marxism are:

A) cultural conflict theories
B) gender- and class-based conflict theories
C) consensus theories
D) phenomenological theories

Question 10

Marx believed the social relation of production under capitalism gave rise to two major groups or classes. Which of the following terms did he use for them?

A) capitalists; bourgeoisie
B) proletariat; farmer
C) bourgeoisie; proletariat
D) upper class; lower class

Question 11

An investigation of crime and criminalization from the perspective of disadvantaged groups is associated with:

A) instrumentalist Marxism
B) structuralist Marxism
C) Weberian conflict theory
D) left realism

Question 12

George Vold explained that there are two general classes of group conflict that can result in criminal behaviour.He believed that

A) conflict between interest groups is a normal social process.
B) theories should focus on individual choices and responsibility for criminal behaviour.
C) there is no real democracy in organized political society
D) conduct norms clash on the border areas between distinct cultures .

Question 13

What,according to cultural conflict theory,causes social conflict and potential criminalization of the cultural practices of subordinate groups?

A) difference of conduct norms
B) class conflict
C) religious strife
D) anomie

Question 14

Which of the following view(s)conflict as rooted in the very structure of capitalist society,and especially capitalist economic relations.

A) Thorsten Sellin
B) George Vold
C) Marxists
D) Chicago School

Question 15

Honour crimes in Canada are best explained by :

A) socialist feminist theories
B) group conflict theories
C) cultural conflict theory
D) left realism

Question 16

Which of the following emerged as a response to the failure of cultural conflict theorists to offer a full account of societal conflict and the role that conflict plays in the creation and enforcement of social rules.

A) Group conflict theory
B) Radical feminism
C) Marxism
D) Structural Marxism

Question 17

Thorsten Sellin presented a criminological theory that explained that modern society is composed of various and diverse cultural groups,each maintaining its own distinct _________________________ or cultural rules.

A) consensus
B) values
C) conduct norms
D) class conflict

Question 18

A Marxist-influenced criminology is likely to claim that:

A) law reflects cultural agreement
B) state authorities are more impartial than private authorities
C) laws are shaped by the class relations of the society
D) law is unnecessary in a socialist society

Question 19

Which of the following is a theory that attempts to explain certain types of criminal behaviour as resulting from a conflict between the interests of divergent groups.

A) Left realism
B) Cultural conflict
C) Structural Marxism
D) Group conflict

Question 20

The theorist responsible for cultural conflict theory is

A) Karl Marx
B) Richard Quinney
C) George Vold
D) Thorsten Sellin

Question 21

A perspective that views women's exploitation under capitalism and oppression under patriarchy as interconnected is

A) Socialist feminism
B) Structural feminism
C) Structural Marxism
D) Radical feminism