Socio-Legal Studies Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Socio-Legal Studies explores the complex interactions between law, society, and culture. This interdisciplinary field examines how laws are created, interpreted, and enforced within diverse social contexts, paying close attention to issues of power, inequality, and social justice. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical research, students analyze the impact of legal systems on individuals and groups, investigate the social origins of legal norms, and assess the effectiveness of law as a tool for social change. The course encourages critical thinking about legal institutions, legal actors, and the dynamic relationship between legal processes and broader societal forces.
Recommended Textbook 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) Galileo's claim that the sun did not go around the earth would be an example of which type of harm, according to the objectivist definition of deviance?
A)Physical Harm
B)Emotional Harm
C)Social Harm
D)Ontological Harm
E)Mental Harm
Answer: D
Q2) What topics are more likely to be studied by researchers who lean toward the "objective" end of the objective-subjective continuum?
A)changing perceptions of masturbation
B)low-consensus forms of deviance
C)debates over how to best control the potential dangers associated with raves
D)the family backgrounds of illegal drug users
E)the role of power in determining which drugs are considered "illegal" in a particular society at a given point in time
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Explaining Deviance: The Act
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Q1) According to social bonds theory, some people abstain from deviance because they would have too much to lose in their lives if they became deviant. This refers to the social bond of belief.
A)involvement.
B)commitment.
C)attachment.
D)self-control.
Answer: B
Q2) In an interview a professional hitman was asked how he was able to live with what he had done. He argued that they were all bad people and that they had done worse things to more people. Using Sykes and Matza's theory, what technique of neutralization would this be?
A)denial of responsibility
B)denial of injury
C)denial of the victim
D)condemnation of the condemners
E)appealing to higher loyalty
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power
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Q1) Although there is some disagreement about what postmodern theory actually is, diverse postmodern theories are all broadly based on the notion of rejection.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Robinson (2008)found that anarchist groups have responded to a panoptical society by making greater use of media to communicate their ideology to a wider audience.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Historically studies of deviance included women, often recognizing the differences between male and female deviance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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) Framing racial and ethnic minorities implicates 3 out of 4 of the social levels (individual, interpersonal and socio-cultural).
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the generic frames discussed in the media coverage of various marginalized groups (i.e. race / ethnic groups)?
A)Conflict frame
B)Human interest frame
C)Relativist frame
D)Economic Consequences frame
E)They are all mentioned as important frames.
Q3) Which level of social of social analysis is impacted by the framing of racial and ethnic minorities?
A)Individual
B)Interpersonal
C)Institutional
D)Sociocultural
E)All 4 are impacted by framing racial and ethnic minorities
Q4) Describe the current research centered on digital piracy. Provide examples.
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Chapter 5: Deviant and Normal Sexuality
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Q1) Explain how the construction of "normal" sexuality in ancient Athens (5<sup>th</sup> century B. C.)was linked with power relations.
Q2) Throughout the 19<sup>th</sup> century, the culture industry both contributed to the growth of the "sex industry" (e.g. pornography)and was a tool used to socially control sexual deviance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe the three different definitions of pornography addressed in the chapter, and give an example that illustrates each of the definitions.
Q4) There has been relatively little change in the definition of normal vs. deviant sexuality in North America, despite the huge social changes that have happened.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Consider the concept of the "deviance dance", that is debate, negotiation, and resistance surrounding the social typing process. Based on the material contained in this chapter, describe three different ways in which the "deviance dance" is evident in the realm of sexuality, either past or present.
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Chapter 6: The Troubling and Troubled World of Youth
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Q1) During the teenage years, there are increases in conflicts with parents, extremes of emotion, and risk-taking behaviours.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which piece of youth crime legislation is governed by the concept of parens patriae?
A)Young Offenders Act
B)Youth Criminal Justice Act
C)Juvenile Delinquents Act
D)Youth Justice Renewal Initiative
E)all of the above
Q3) In his most recent survey of Canadian teenagers, Bibby (2009)found that more teens indicated that family life was "very important" to them than in any of his previous surveys over the past 30 years.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the ways in which the adult world is responsible for troubled, troubling, and/or deviant youth. In your answer, refer to youth crime/gangs, substance use, and the "deviant" nature of adolescence itself.
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Chapter 7: Looking Deviant: Physical Appearance
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of resistance to the social typing of "too thin"?
A)websites that tell girls how to prevent others from noticing their extreme weight loss
B)a magazine article that discusses the dangers of weight loss surgery
C)developing a clothing line for obese women
D)Health Canada's "Active Living" program
E)all of the above are examples of resistance to the social typing of "too thin"
Q2) Physical appearance is an auxiliary status that has master traits associated with it. A)True
B)False
Q3) Apply the following concepts to a discussion of body modification: front stage self; back stage self; impression management.
Q4) Weight loss is an example of a redesigning body project. A)True B)False
Q5) Most undergraduates have piercings, but only a minority have tattoos. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorders
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Q1) According to the __________ hypothesis, members of the lower class experience more life stressors, and are therefore more vulnerable to mental illness.
A)social selection
B)social contract
C)social subordination
D)social causation
E)social stigmatization
Q2) Explain the relationship between gender and mental disorders. Highlight the types of illness and suggest deviance theories that might explain why (or if)these differences occur.
Q3) Half of the ten leading causes of disability in Canada are mental disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are the consequences of mental illness?
A)lower incomes
B)higher rates of early marriage
C)higher rates of teen pregnancy
D)greater risk of other physical diseases (e.g. heart disease)
E)mental illness is associated with all of the above consequences
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Chapter 9: What Do You Believe Religion, Science, and Deviance
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Q1) Apply the theoretical ideas of the moral panic with the experience of cults in contemporary society. How do cults become constructed? Can you provide examples?
Q2) If research is released and it is determined that there is a clear androcentric bias to the information, this would be a violation of which of Merton's norms of science?
A)Communism
B)Skepticism
C)Disinterestedness
D)Professionalism
E)Universalism
Q3) Examine the two ways that the social typing process can be applied to deviance within the context of religion.
Q4) Scientific misconduct occurs more frequently in biomedical fields.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Analyze the relationship between religion and politics and how it impacts the construction of deviance. Provide and describe the power dynamics of a modern example of deviance that is caught in this powerful social reality.
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Chapter 10: The Deviance Dance Continues
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Q1) Using specific examples, which level of social control is easier to change? Formal or informal? Why?
Q2) Which of the following events is a violation of all three of the human rights themes presented in your textbook?
A)the eugenics movement
B)the labelling of certain religious groups as "cults" under France's new legislation
C)the actions of the Christian Coalition
D)the failure to provide health care to citizens
E)violent crime
Q3) Contrast more objective and more subjective approaches to understanding deviance. Where do you fall along the objective-subjective continuum? Explain your answer, using specific examples as support.
Q4) In the mid-20<sup>th</sup> century, youth could be entered into the criminal justice system for truancy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss the deviance dance in relation to one of the substantive issues that has been addressed in the textbook.
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