Deck 10: Deviance, Crime and Social Control

Question 1

The Tuskegee Syphilis study involved 400 poor and mostly illiterate black men in Alabama who were diagnosed with syphilis. The United States Public Health Service medically monitored the men for decades without telling the men their diagnosis and without treating their illness for which treatment was cheap and readily available. The actions of the Public Health Service constitutes:

A) Ethical medical care
B) State crime
C) Elite Deviance
D) An unfortunate incident
E) Both B and

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The term anomie refers to:

A) A rejection of all political candidates in society
B) A form of social control
C) An increase in street crime
D) Normlessness

Answer 2

D

Question 3

An entity that operates in several countries such as locating their headquarters in one country and a resource extraction center in another where each operation will contribute best to profitability is called:

A) An industry
B) An institution
C) A multinational corporation
D) An oligarchy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The term "white collar crime" was coined by which sociologist?

A) Emile Durkheim
B) Edwin Sutherland
C) Wright Mills
D) Max Weber

Question 5

Social processes that have the effect of minimizing deviance are called:

A) Alienation
B) Social norms
C) Anomie
D) Social Control

Question 6

Governmental sponsorship of activities that constitute harm to the public are referred to as:

A) Government sanctions
B) State crime
C) Corporate crime
D) None of the above. There is no such type of crime.

Question 7

A speeding ticket is an example of

A) A formal negative sanction
B) An informal negative sanction
C) A salient characteristic
D) A salient enforcement

Question 8

When people withdraw from the goals and means of society and become "dropouts of society" this is referred to as:

A) Ritualism
B) Anomie
C) Retreatism
D) Individualism

Question 9

Differential Association theory argues that

A) Deviance and crime are learned behaviors from one's close affiliates.
B) Deviance is not connected to crime.
C) Delinquency rises as poverty declines.
D) Deviance results from anti-social personalities.

Question 10

The difference between white-collar crime and corporate crime rests upon:

A) In whose interests the crime is committed.
B) The involvement of a single individual versus multiple individuals.
C) The amount of money involved.
D) The status of the person effected by the crime.

Question 11

Suicide among the elderly in society best fits Durkheim's altruistic type of deviance.

Question 12

Government activities that harm its own nation's citizens are a type of crime.

Question 13

A great deal of state crime is aimed at preventing or controlling dissent.

Question 14

Recent studies have found lower rates of homicide in states with capital punishment.

Question 15

Violent crimes usually involve cost-benefit analysis in advance of someone committing the crime.

Question 16

Anomie is a condition that occurs when a society lacks effective norms in which to restrain people.

Question 17

Punishment for corporate crimes is generally limited to fines.

Question 18

Formal sanctions are used most often by the powerful against the relatively powerless in society.

Question 19

Gossip is an example of a formal sanction.

Question 20

There is clear evidence that capital punishment does not deter murder.

Question 21

"Victimless crimes" never involve victims.

Question 22

White elderly Americans are much more likely to be victims of street crime than other groups in society.

Question 23

Max Weber argued that by promoting individualism, Protestantism created a social culture whereby capitalism could flourish.

Question 24

According to Farley and Flota does punishment deter crime? Does the death penalty deter capital crime? Why or why not? How can we explain this?

Question 25

What is white-collar crime? What is corporate crime? How does white-collar crime differ from corporate crime? Who usually commits such crimes? Begin by defining them both, and then comparing and contrasting them. Provide an example of both types of crimes.

Question 26

What is
a) state crime and
b) state-corporate crime? How are they similar and how do they differ? Begin by defining each and then contrast them. Name at least two types of state crime.

Question 27

What are some problems with crime statistic data? How do these problems influence the perception of crime in society?

Question 28

What is feminist criminology? Why is this line of inquiry important in relation to understanding and dealing with crime?

Question 29

Identify and discuss the weaknesses of Merton's Anomie theory.

Question 30

Explain how social control can take the form of self-control. How does this occur and how are institutions related to it?

Question 31

What is the difference between retreatism and rebellion? Begin your response by defining both and why they occur.

Question 32

How do sociologists define deviance? How do notions of deviance come to be? Who defines deviance and how is it defined? How do norms relate to deviance? How does social context relate to deviance?

Question 33

What is social control and how does it come to exist? How is conformity related to social control? How are sanctions related to social control? What are some different types of sanctions?

Question 34

How does the U.S. compare in terms of crime rates, to other countries? Which groups are most likely to be a victim of assault, murder, and other crimes according to the author? How do Farley and Flota explain this?

Question 35

What is differential association theory, and how does it help us understand crime? How might differential association theory help us explain recidivism (repeat offenses/offenders) in American society?

Question 36

How does the conflict perspective explain deviance and crime? To answer this question, begin by briefly explaining the basic beliefs of this perspective and then specifically as it relates to crime and deviance.

Question 37

Identify and discuss Merton's four deviant adaptations to anomie in society. What is the relationship of anomie to deviant behavior according to Merton?

Question 38

Explain how the classical model of criminology supported formal negative sanctions as a deterrent to crime.

Question 39

Explain labeling theory and the consequences that emerge from labeling. How does labeling theory explain deviance in society?