Question 1

Durkheim felt it would be impossible to ever eliminate deviance from society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following illustrates community-based corrections?

Accepted Answer

A)  probation 
B)  rehabilitation 
C)  imprisonment 
D)  recidivism 
E)  deterrence

Question 3

Community-based corrections have successfully reduced recidivism rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Adopt Caesare Lombroso's theoretical position. With which of the following assertions would you agree?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social definitions determine criminality. 
B)  Criminals are made by society, not born. 
C)  Criminals may be distinguished from non-criminals by their physical features. 
D)  Criminal behaviour may be extinguished, but only by medical intervention. 
E)  Incarceration completes the criminal socialization.

Question 5

As an advocate of Reckless and Dinitz's containment theory, what would you contend?

Accepted Answer

A)  Society's values have little to do with deviance. 
B)  Increase a child's conscience and you can limit his or her deviance. 
C)  "Bad boys" and "good boys" are determined by genetics. 
D)  Minimize the "superego" and you will reduce delinquency. 
E)  Teach all parents to be emotionally closer to all of their children.

Question 6

Punishment that convinces an individual offender that crime does not pay is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  rehabilitation. 
B)  retribution. 
C)  societal protection. 
D)  deterrence. 
E)  the death penalty.

Question 7

You and your friends describe another friend as a "boozer"and leave him out of your social circle. He begins to drink even more, seems bitter, and joins new friends who are also heavy drinkers. According to Lemert, this is an illustration of:

Accepted Answer

A)  primary deviance. 
B)  the prelude to criminal behaviour. 
C)  secondary deviance. 
D)  a deviant identity. 
E)  tertiary deviance.

Question 8

Discuss the importance of gender in the social construction of deviance. Address the fact that almost every society in the world applies more stringent behavioural controls on females. Why is this so? How does gender figure in the various theories of deviance? In terms of the overall goal of reducing crime, what can we learn from considering this evidence?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

According to the social-conflict perspective, the strength of deviant labels depends upon the degree of threat to the capitalist system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What approach would you employ if you accepted William Sheldon's research on criminals?

Accepted Answer

A)  a social view 
B)  a genetic view 
C)  a labelling view 
D)  a structural-functional view 
E)  a physiological view

Exam 7: Deviance

Durkheim felt it would be impossible to ever eliminate deviance from society.

Which of the following illustrates community-based corrections?

Community-based corrections have successfully reduced recidivism rates.

Adopt Caesare Lombroso's theoretical position. With which of the following assertions would you agree?

As an advocate of Reckless and Dinitz's containment theory, what would you contend?

Punishment that convinces an individual offender that crime does not pay is referred to as:

You and your friends describe another friend as a "boozer"and leave him out of your social circle. He begins to drink even more, seems bitter, and joins new friends who are also heavy drinkers. According to Lemert, this is an illustration of:

According to the social-conflict perspective, the strength of deviant labels depends upon the degree of threat to the capitalist system.

What approach would you employ if you accepted William Sheldon's research on criminals?