What does the chapter opening story about the conviction and imprisonment of Bruce Glover suggest about punishment in the United States quizlet?
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Terms in this set (35)Using the terms of Robert Merton's strain theory, which of the following concepts correctly describes the behavior of a school "dropout" who rejects both cultural goals and the conventional means to reach them? A. innovator C. retreatist "Crime" differs from "deviance" in that crime A. is always more serious. C. refers to a violation of norms enacted into law. Walter Reckless and Simon Dinitz claimed that "good boys" have the ability to control deviant impulses. They called their analysis A. differential opportunity theory. B. containment theory. What does the story about the conviction and imprisonment of Bruce Glover suggest about punishment in the United States? A. Crime truly does pay; the criminal justice system should hand down stiffer punishments to
criminals. B. Convicts can lose everything important to them while in prison and, after release, they often struggle to fit back into society. The value of psychological theories of deviance is limited because A. very few people experience an "unsuccessful socialization." D. most people who commit serious crimes have normal psychological profiles. Edwin Sutherland's differential association theory links deviance to A. how labeling someone as deviant can increase the deviant behavior. B. the amount of contact a person has with others who encourage or discourage conventional behavior. Based on your reading, it would be correct to say that biological approaches offer A. a very limited understanding of crime. A. a very limited understanding of crime. According to the social-conflict approach, what a society labels as deviant is based primarily on A. how often the act occurs. D. differences in power between various categories of people. Organized crime refers to
A. illegal actions by people with white-collar jobs. D. any business that supplies illegal goods or services. In his study of New England's Puritans, Kai Erikson concluded that A. people everywhere, for the most
part, define the same things as deviant. C. even this disciplined and highly religious group created deviance to clarify the moral boundaries of their community. Men, who represent about half the U.S. population, account for about _____ of all arrests for property crime. A. 33 percent C. 62 percent In terms of racial categories, MOST of the people arrested for FBI Index crimes in the United States are A. white. A. white. The concept criminal recidivism refers to A. young people growing up in a criminal environment. C. later offenses by people previously convicted of crimes. Using the terms in Robert Merton's strain theory, which of the following concepts correctly describes the behavior of a radical activist who rejects just about everything in the existing society in favor of some alternative system? A. innovator D. rebel Which of the following are functions of deviance noted by Emile Durkheim? A. Deviance affirms cultural values and norms. D. All of these are correct. Both Albert Cohen and Walter Miller argue that deviance is MOST likely to arise among A. high-income males. C. low-income youths. A judge sentences a young man who has committed several crimes to counseling and places him in a supportive foster home. Which of the following concepts describes these efforts to prevent further wrongdoing? A. retribution D. rehabilitation Because there are several hundred people in the United States for every police officer, police A. ignore most crimes they learn about. D. use discretion in deciding which situations warrant their attention. In legal terms, a crime is composed of which two components? A. the act and criminal intent A. the act and criminal intent Whether people respond to deviance as a moral issue or a medical matter affects which of the following? A. who
responds-police or medical personnel D. All of these are correct. In the United States, men account for about _____ of all arrests for violent crime. A. about 20 percent D. about 80 percent Which of the following are advantages of community-based corrections? A. reducing prison overcrowding D. All of these are correct. The likelihood a person will be arrested for a street crime rises sharply A. during the late teenage years. A. during the late teenage years. Most criminal cases handled by the criminal justice system in the United States are resolved A. through plea bargaining. A. through plea bargaining. In Robert Merton's strain theory of deviance, which of the following concepts refers to the process of seeking conventional goals but rejecting the conventional means to achieve them? A. innovation
A. innovation Thomas Szasz made the controversial assertion that A. having a physical or mental illness is grounds for a person to be labeled "deviant." C. mental illness is a myth; these conditions simply amount to differences in others that we don't like. Of all the property crimes discussed in the chapter, one occurs far more than all the others. Which one is it? A. motor-vehicle theft B. larceny-theft Which of the following refers to the illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf? A. corporate crime A. corporate crime Which of the following statements illustrates the "medicalization of deviance"? A. theft being redefined as a "compulsive stealing" D. All of these are correct. A hate crime is defined as A. any crime against a person who is a minority. C. a criminal act motivated by race or other bias. Victimization surveys show that the actual amount of crime in the United States is about _____ what official reports indicate. A. half as great as C. more than twice as high as Every society tries to regulate the behavior of individuals; this general process is called A. a neighborhood watch. C. social control. The basic idea behind labeling theory is that A. deviance is actually useful in a number of ways. B. deviance arises not so much from what people do as how others respond to what they do. "Crimes against the person" includes all of the following EXCEPT A. murder. C. burglary. Criminal statistics gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reflect A. all crimes that take place. D. offenses known to the police. Sets with similar termssociology chapter 753 terms cort_28 sociology chapter 753 terms anachavez96 Chapter 9 Soc110063 terms giacopasso Chapter 8 Sociology Quiz20 terms mrumphlett091 Sets found in the same folderSociology 101 Quiz Questions chapter 547 terms Matthew_Morris44 SOC 161 Quiz 8 - Social Change43 terms Matthew_Morris44 Sociology 101 Quiz Questions Chapter 450 terms Matthew_Morris44 Sociology 101 Chapter 3 Quiz Questions46 terms Matthew_Morris44 Verified questions
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