Social Control
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Course Introduction
Social Control examines the various mechanisms, institutions, and processes through which societies regulate individual and group behavior to maintain order and conformity. The course explores both formal means, such as laws and law enforcement agencies, and informal means, including norms, values, customs, and peer pressure. Students will analyze theoretical perspectives on social control, its relationship to power and social structure, and its impact on issues such as deviance, crime, and social change, with case studies drawn from different cultural and historical contexts.
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Deviance Conformity and Social Control in Canada 5th Edition by Tami M. Bereska
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Chapter 1: Determining Deviance
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Q1) What are the limitations of definitions of deviance that emphasize statistical rarity?
A)some statistically common characteristics are considered "deviant" in society
B)some statistically rare characteristics are considered "normal" in society
C)there is too much consensus and too little debate about the precise meaning of "rare"
D)the law (i.e. as seen in the Criminal Code)reflects power and vested interests rather than normative consensus
E)some common characteristics are considered "deviant", and some rare characteristics are considered "normal" in society
Answer: E
Q2) Deviance specialists who focus on the more subjective aspects of deviance analyze the perceptions of and reactions to deviant acts, rather than the deviant acts themselves.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Explaining Deviance: The Act
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Q1) Some individuals who download music illegally defend their actions by saying that the music industry makes more than enough profit from the pockets of consumers. Which technique of neutralization are these individuals using?
A)denial of injury
B)denial of responsibility
C)condemnation of the condemners
D)denial of the victim
E)appealing to higher loyalties
Answer: D
Q2) Despite his best efforts, Chris has been unemployed for more than two years. He has finally decided that there is no point in pursuing the "American Dream" anymore. He stops looking for a job, and sits at home drinking beer all day long. Which mode of adaptation is he engaging in?
A)conformity
B)rebellion
C)ritualism
D)retreatism
E)innovation
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power
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Q1) Power-reflexive theories suggest that all claims to knowledge are embedded within relations of power.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Affirmative postmodernism deconstructs knowledge, focusing on the local and specific examples in a society.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which type of postmodernism postulates that only chaos and meaninglessness exist?
A)deconstructive
B)skeptical
C)critical
D)environmental
E)affirmative
Answer: B
Q4) Explain the difference between disintegrative and reintegrative shaming. Answer: not answered
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Chapter 4: Deviance 20: The Role of the Media
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Q1) Based on the research conducted by Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada in 2015, the total amount of time Canadians spend using media __________ when considering the impact of simulmedia use.
A)increased dramatically with the invention of the smart phone
B)remained relatively stable between 2001 and 2015
C)decreased significantly when cable became less common
D)increased initially but has slowly been decreasing since 2013
E)the use of television has decreased but more people are reading on devices
Q2) According to the research on media use in Canada, what type of media did Canadians spend the most amount of time using?
A)Radio
B)Internet
C)Magazines
D)Television
Q3) Advertising's main effectiveness is in the fact that:
A)It is everywhere
B)It is impossible to avoid
C)It is able to change attitudes
D)It is believable
E)It is expected
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Chapter 5: Deviant and Normal Sexuality
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Q1) Discuss the social factors that influenced the changing discourses of prostitution. Try to predict what direction this might take in future discourse.
Q2) In what ways was the sexuality of black people in Canada controlled within the dominant sexual culture of the 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup> centuries?
A)slave owners controlled which slaves were permitted to form intimate relationships with whom
B)female slaves were valued for their reproductive capacities
C)certain male slaves were selected as "studs" to impregnate female slaves
D)laws prohibited free blacks from marrying outside their race
E)the sexuality of black people in Canada during this era was controlled in all of the ways listed above
Q3) Indigenous sexuality was connected with all of the following dimensions of life except:
A)physical
B)spiritual
C)social
D)intellectual
E)emotional
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Chapter 6: The Troubling and Troubled World of Youth
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Q1) Identify the event that resulted in the popularization of the term moral panic. Outline the five elements of a moral panic, and describe a contemporary situation (other than youth crime/gangs)that you believe is characterized by a moral panic.
Q2) Discuss the problem of the prevention paradox, and explain how that problem may be overcome.
Q3) Describe the various ways that the gang problem' is constructed in our society, as highlighted in our text. What impact does this construction have on public perceptions of youth, gangs and crime?
Q4) Which of the following is not one of the elements of a moral panic?
A)Volatility
B)Disproportionality
C)heightened concern
D)hostility directed at society by the offending group
E)consensus regarding the level of perceived threat
Q5) Describe the social control of youth alcohol use at a formal level. Be sure to address the social control of overall alcohol use among youth, as well as the social control of university binge drinking in particular.
Q6) List and describe the five elements of a moral panic.
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Chapter 7: Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance
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Q1) When we come across a person who appears dirty or unkempt, we judge them based on their outward appearance, however our true reaction is to the presumption that this person is homeless and therefore a social deviant. This is an example of A)auxiliary traits
B)secondary status
C)voluntary appearance
D)body modification
E)master status
Q2) From an objective view, body art does not just tell us something about the individual, but also larger social structures and processes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Among 12-18 year olds, tattoos and piercings are more prevalent among females than among males.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the process of the medicalization of body image.
Q5) Discuss the consequences of socially controlling body image.
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorders
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Q1) Omar was kicked out of his parents' home when he was 16, eventually he was forced to leave school because he couldn't sleep properly at the shelter and was unable to concentrate. Over time he began to experience symptoms of depression. His doctor believes that the challenges of his life and lack of support were influencing his mental health. This would be an example of the social causation hypothesis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mental disorders are more prevalent among adolescents and young adults than among adults over the age of 25.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Policies and programs within the discrimination paradigm focus on the symptoms of mental illness that hinder the individual's effective functioning in daily life
A)True
B)False
Q4) Apply the three components of the social typing process to the medicalization of mental illness.
Q5) Briefly discuss 3 social factors that are known to impact mental health status.
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Chapter 9: What Do You Believe Religion, Science, and Deviance
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Q1) Examine the two ways that the social typing process can be applied to deviance within the context of religion.
Q2) Describe the variety of ways in which the European witch craze varied across regions.
Q3) Which of the following has been applied in explanations of scientific misconduct?
A)techniques of neutralization
B)denial of injury
C)strain theory
D)general theory of crime
E)a variety of positivist theories, including those referred to above, have been applied to explanations of scientific misconduct
Q4) The blurring of religious and political boundaries inevitably has negative consequences.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe how residential schooling is an illustration of the blurring of boundaries between religious and political belief systems.
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Q6) Distinguish among the characteristics of ecclesia, churches, sects, and cults.
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Chapter 10: The Deviance Dance Continues
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Q1) According to your textbook, what is the locus for claims-making in the struggles over moral codes and deviance in Canadian society?
A)commercial enterprise
B)Religion
C)Media
D)Government
E)science
Q2) During the witch persecutions, certain people were burned at the stake because it was believed they were causing harm within the community. This belief reflects the __________ component of the social typing process.
A)Evaluation
B)Prescription
C)Description
D)Tagging
E)Dramaturgical
Q3) Gender is an element of social identity that is a part of the construction of deviance with every topic discussed in this textbook.
A)True
B)False
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