Exam 5: Deviance and Crime

A) functional deviance.
B) primary deviance.
C) secondary deviance.
D) tertiary deviance.

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A) who does the defining
B) who has the power to make the definitions stick
C) the time and place in which the deviance occurs
D) whether the behavior upsets other people

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A) society needs to place more emphasis on the labeling of deviants so deviants can be singled out.
B) labeling deviants helps them come to grips with their personal problems.
C) often those who are labeled as deviant develop a deviant identity and embark on a career of deviance.
D) the labeling of people as deviant is a latent function arising from the world of crime and delinquency.

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A) index crimes have significantly increased.
B) the level of index crime has remained steady.
C) index crimes decreased between 1998 and 2011.
D) the forcible rape rate has increased, while the other three categories have declined.

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A) life would go on without much change.
B) interaction in such groups as families would be impossible.
C) we would still intuit what is permissible behavior.
D) we would still be able to anticipate what people might do in different social settings.

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A) how deviants differ from nondeviants.
B) how different groups' values and norms increase their chances of engaging in culturally transmitted deviance.
C) which group will be able to translate its values into the rules of society and make these rules stick.
D) which group will experience the anomie necessary to give rise to deviance.

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A) the amount of crime committed by women has been steadily declining.
B) a growing percentage of the criminal population is female.
C) more females are likely to be involved in juvenile gangs than are males.
D) most females are arrested for serious crimes rather than "status offenses."

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A) Factors other than those emphasized in control theory are involved in deviant behavior around 50 percent of the time.
B) Control theory has too strong a focus on why people engage in deviant behavior.
C) When someone makes an attachment to delinquent peers, this social bond is associated with more delinquency.
D) The theory cannot explain deviance among those who are fully integrated into mainstream society.

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A) black ex-offenders are discriminated against more often than white ex-offenders.
B) white ex-offenders are discriminated against more often than black ex-offenders.
C) once a prison sentence has been served, employers are just as likely to hire an ex-offender as someone with a "clean" record.
D) there is no difference between black and white ex-offenders, but both are less likely than non-offenders to be offered a job.

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A) conflict perspective.
B) functionalist perspective.
C) interactionist perspective.
D) developmental perspective.

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