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30 Cards in this Set
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Whites are four times more likely than Blacks to be arrested for marijuana possession. |
False |
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All of the following reasons explain why ex-convicts are likely to return to prison except |
most ex-convicts are sociopaths who can't be rehabilitated |
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The U.S. Department of Defense's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy was an example of a(n)_____ policy. |
absolutist |
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Criminal research has consistently found a correlation between _____and _____ crime. |
unemployment; property |
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Which drug is not mentioned on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Web site? |
Alcohol |
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What is the definition of medicalization? |
Defining problematic behaviors as medical problems that require treatment |
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Which statement is consistent with labeling theory? |
A "deviant" is one to whom a deviant label has been successfully applied |
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According to Robert Merton, people commit deviant acts because they: |
lack access to legitimate means to achieve their goals |
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Which behavior is considered deviant but not criminal? |
Talking to oneself in public |
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In general, poor people are more likely than affluent people to be arrested, charged and convicted of crimes. |
True |
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Which of the following statements is the most accurate about capital punishment? |
The majority of U.S. citizens support the death penalty |
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A temperance culture is one that: |
values self-control and industriousness in its citizens |
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Cross-cultural research suggests that definitions of deviance: |
vary across cultures |
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What is the basic premise of Merton's strain theory? |
The likelihood that one will commit a deviant act increases when there is a strain or contradiction between culturally defined goals and access to legitimate ways to attain them |
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In what year was Prozac made available as a treatment for depression? |
1987 |
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Sociologists from the conflict perspective would say that definitions of and responses to deviance are often a form of social control exerted by: |
more powerful people and groups over those less powerful |
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Criminal research has consistently found a correlation between _____and _____ crime. |
unemployment; property |
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What do Diane Cherchio, Kelly Michaels, and abusive priests all have in common? |
All challenge the stereotypical image of the child molester |
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Which type of drug is routinely used by students in many competitive high schools to improve performance? |
Stimulants |
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All of the following reasons explain why ex-convicts are likely to return to prison except |
most ex-convicts are sociopaths who can't be rehabilitated |
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Today, which of these individuals would draw the strongest expression of American outrage? |
A foreign terrorist |
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Which behavior is considered deviant but not criminal? |
Talking to oneself in public |
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From a sociological perspective, clergy sexual abuse scandals were especially interesting because: |
the perpetrators didn't fit the stereotypical image of a child molester |
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The relativist approach to deviance draws from which two sociological perspectives? |
Symbolic interactionism and the conflict perspective |
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According to Robert Merton, people commit deviant acts because they: |
lack access to legitimate means to achieve their goals |
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According to conflict theorists, the acts most likely to be criminalized are those that: |
threaten the economic or political control of elite groups |
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Capital punishment is probably the most well-known example of labeling theory. |
False |
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What is one reason for the growth in the U.S. inmate population during the past few decades? |
The development of "get tough on crime" policies |
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Edwin Sutherland argued that people learn deviant patterns of behavior primarily from: |
friends and family |
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A Dallas Morning News investigation discovered that high-ranking U.S. military commanders have tried to discredit and intimidate subordinates who reported security and safety violations by ordering them to undergo psychiatric evaluations or by sending them to a mental ward. Which theoretical orientation best explains what occurred? |
Conflict perspectives |
