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Sociology of Crime and Delinquency explores the social origins, patterns, and consequences of criminal behavior and juvenile delinquency. The course examines key theories explaining why individuals and groups commit crimes, the impact of social structures such as class, race, and gender on criminality, and the roles of law enforcement and the justice system in shaping definitions of crime. Students analyze contemporary issues and trends in crime, societal reactions to deviance, and policy approaches to prevention and control, developing a critical understanding of crime as a complex social phenomenon.
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Deviant Behavior 12th Edition by Alex Thio
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Chapter 1: What Is Deviant Behavior
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Q1) According to sociologists who study the role of power in the definition of deviance,deviance is any act that
A)violates the criminal law.
B)violates deeply held moral values.
C)the powerful consider to be a violation of some social rule.
D)involves the behavior of the poor.
Answer: C
Q2) Trae frequently engages in recreational drug use and premarital sex.These behaviors are best categorized by what type of deviance?
A)Lower-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by constructionist sociologists
B)Lower-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by positivist sociologists
C)Higher-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by constructionist sociologists
D)Higher-consensus deviance as studied most frequently by positivist sociologists
Answer: A
Q3) The __________ approach believes that deviant behavior is a natural disposition. Answer: positivist
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Chapter 2: Positivist Theories
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Q1) All of Jane's friends have jewelry and new clothes,but she has no money to buy them.She therefore resorts to shoplifting to get what she wants.According to Merton's theory,her behavior is an example of A)conformity.
B)innovation.
C)ritualism.
D)retreatism.
Answer: B
Q2) What factor combinations are said by Robert Agnew to contribute to frustration,fear,and anger?
A)Removal of positively valued stimuli and presentation of negative stimuli
B)Removal of negatively valued stimuli and presentation of positive stimuli
C)Removal of both positive and negatively valued stimuli
D)Presentation of both positive and negatively valued stimuli
Answer: A
Q3) In Merton's view,modern,industrialized U.S.society heavily emphasizes the cultural value of community.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Constructionist Theories
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Q1) Chambliss's law on the books refers to the reality of law,while law in action refers more to the ideal implementation of said law.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The feminist theory attributes deviance to the exploitative capitalist system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to phenomenologists,the most important aspect of deviant reality is the __________ meaning that the deviant person imputes to his or her own deviant experience.
Answer: subjective
Q4) Which of the following is NOT one of the constructionist theories of deviance?
A)labeling theory
B)phenomenological theory
C)control theory
D)conflict theory
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Physical Violence
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Q1) Homicides occur most frequently on Friday nights
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which one of the following variables is MOST likely to be the greatest contributing factor toward murder?
A)the weather
B)one's geographical location
C)accessibility to handguns
D)one's socioeconomic status
Q3) Both sociologists and psychiatrists tend to see homicide-suicide as a symptom of psychological abnormality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Murders committed by people who are poor are often
A)premeditated.
B)the result of a quarrel.
C)accidental.
D)self-inflicted.
Q5) Men are more likely to kill in _______,but women are far more likely to kill in ______.
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Chapter 5: Sexual Assault and Child Molestation
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Q1) One reason why many rapists felt they would never go to prison for rape is that they believed that
A)they were too clever to get caught.
B)the police would never really respond to the claim of rape.
C)women were sexual objects for men to use for pleasure.
D)their lawyers would be able to get a not-guilty conviction.
Q2) ________ theory argues that one of the most powerful influences on male aggression toward women is the emotional and practical support that they receive from their peers.
Q3) Many men do not seem to recognize the difference between
A)consensual pre-rape intimacy and forced sex.
B)victim precipitation and victim contribution.
C)victim blaming and victim shaming.
D)primary and secondary victimization.
Q4) More and more today,rapes follow an intraracial pattern.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most rapists choose strangers as their victims.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Family Violence
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Q1) Parent-child interaction becomes problematic when
A)grandparents become involved in caring for the child.
B)a parent has psychological problems that make child care demanding.
C)families reside in the suburbs.
D)children move out and go to college.
Q2) According to a definition of spouse abuse that includes both violent and nonviolent acts,
A)about 10 percent of all married persons in the United States assault their spouses.
B)about one-third of all U.S. couples assault their spouses.
C)the problem of spouse abuse largely disappears.
D)husbands are much more likely to be seen as victims of spouse abuse.
Q3) Patriarchy is much less influential in the United States than it is in poorer countries due to
A)feminists' three-decades-long push for gender equality.
B)the more egalitarian mindset of the Millennial generation.
C)Obama-era reform.
D)the higher rate of educational attainment in the United States.
Q4) State and analyze some of the causes of family violence.What special features of family life seem to cause violence? Why?
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Chapter 7: Suicide and Self-Harm
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Q1) Almost all Americans argue that suicide is wrong,immoral behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Cutters belong to a unique category of deviance in which they are free to engage in their deviance on their own,yet it is not necessary that they remain isolated from other like-minded deviants.This is an example of Best and Luckenbill's
A)individual deviants.
B)communal deviants.
C)loner deviants.
D)identical deviants.
Q3) In the past,most researchers attributed the link between urbanization and suicide to A)the city's homogeneous population.
B)the slower pace of life in urban neighborhoods.
C)conflicting social norms.
D)economic inequality.
Q4) In practically all countries,men are more prone to suicide than women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorder
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Q1) The majority of people who suffer from mental disorders appear __________.
Q2) Discuss the effectiveness of the DSM-5 in diagnosing mental disorders.What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Q3) According to the _______,the accused are not guilty if they are mentally ill,because their crime is considered the "product" of their mental illness.
A)Rule of Thumb
B)M'Naghten Rule
C)Durham Rule
D)Goffman Rule
Q4) Which of the following is NOT a myth about mental illness?
A)Most persons are more likely to experience depression during the summer months.
B)Mentally ill persons are extremely weird.
C)There is a sharp,clear distinction between "mentally ill" and "mentally healthy."
D)Mental illness is hopeless,mostly incurable.
Q5) An unprofessional method of treatment provided by family and friends that has proven highly effective in bringing deinstitutionalized patients back to normal life is called __________ therapy.
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Chapter 9: Heterosexual Deviance
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Q1) For most women today,affairs are mainly for sex and have little relationship to love or a lasting relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following aspects of pornography is considered most damaging,to a feminist?
A)its emphasis on sexual gratification and permissiveness
B)its undermining of monogamous relationships by producing sexual arousal outside the marital relationship
C)its direct and indirect link to violence and discrimination
D)its social benefit,such as helping consumers to shed sexual inhibitions
Q3) What do phone sex and nude dancing have in common?
A)They both sell a fantasy.
B)Both involve in-person contact with the customer.
C)Their customers are almost exclusively working-class men.
D)Both result in very low wages for their workers.
Q4) Prostitution helps preserve "loveless" marriages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the roles of pimps and madams.
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Chapter 10: Gays and Other Targets of Stigma
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Q1) Greg was about 17 when he realized that he wasn't very interested in women.Instead,he was attracted to and wanted to have sex with men but hoped he would grow away from these feelings in time.He was in the __________ stage of acquiring a gay identity.
A)sensitization
B)dissociation
C)coming out
D)commitment
Q2) Which of the following events has produced a significant shift from sexual promiscuity to monogamy among homosexuals?
A)the AIDS crisis of the early 1980s
B)the outlawing of homosexual behavior in many states
C)the closing of homosexual bathhouses,men's rooms,and gay bars
D)the realization by many gays that their lifestyle is sinful
Q3) One characteristic of stigma is the __________ of disabled people as helpless,weak,and dependent.
Q4) Practically all parents are __________ when they find out their son or daughter is gay.
Q5) __________ is something a person has or does that others see as bad in some way.
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Q6) Religious gays and lesbians do not regard their own sexuality as __________.
Chapter 11: Internet Deviance
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Q1) Most persons visiting Internet porn sites are sex-crazed teenagers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following types of hacking are the most well known?
A)exploring networks
B)planting viruses
C)changing user names and passwords
D)manipulation of web pages
Q3) Cyberaggression is similar to cyberbullying,but the negative online interaction is repeated over a much longer term.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Analyze the threat of a cyberterrorist attack against the United States.What would happen? How can the United States prevent such an attack,and would such prevention change the nature of the Internet? How so?
Q5) The two factors that explain cyberdeviance's meteoric rise is the phenomenal increase in computer use and lack of law enforcement.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Drug Use
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Q1) The reason cocaine is psychologically addictive is due to the A)physical addiction of the drug.
B)high status coming from the use of cocaine.
C)high quality of pleasure the user gains from it.
D)moral weakness of the user.
Q2) According to drug expert Alfred Lindesmith,heroin addicts continue to use the drug in order to
A)continue enjoying the euphoria.
B)relieve or avoid withdrawal distress.
C)forget the wretchedness of their lives.
D)maximize their working capacity.
Q3) One problem with the drug Ecstasy is that it causes the body to overheat,leading to dehydration or brain damage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The higher the status,the more likely the use of __________.
Q5) Two drug treatment programs are aversion therapy and therapeutic communities.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The "champagne of drugs" or "caviar among drugs" is __________.
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Chapter 13: Drinking and Alcoholism
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Q1) In Jellinek's view,the prospective alcoholic begins as a social drinker.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What are some of the myths regarding alcohol abuse? What effect does alcohol have both mentally and physically?
Q3) Joe had a serious drinking problem and visited a psychologist for several months.The psychologist discovered that Joe had an unfilled need for dependency that alcohol helped to cover.From a psychological perspective,Joe A)does not have a support group to help him with drinking problems. B)suffers from alcoholic depression.
C)belongs to an ethnic group that encourages drinking to solve problems. D)has an "alcoholic personality."
Q4) The largest and most successful organization for helping alcoholics is AA. A)True
B)False
Q5) One reason more women drink today is because of more depression and frustration over their unequal status in American society.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Privileged Deviance
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Q1) When President Reagan stated again and again that he did not know of the diversion of funds to the Nicaraguan rebels,he was involved in which of the following techniques of neutralization?
A)simply ignoring the deviance
B)promising an investigation
C)accusing the accuser
D)denying the obvious
Q2) False claims made through advertisements are illegal.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common form of official corruption is probably the abuse of the
Q4) Kenneth Lay of Enron and Scott Sullivan of WorldCom are two examples of corporate
A)True B)False
Q5) The profit motive underlies the manufacturing and selling of unsafe products. A)True
B)False
Q6) Legal lawlessness is widespread,marked mostly by the practice of __________.
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Chapter 15: Underprivileged Deviance
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Q1) About __________ percent of American stores' total merchandise is shoplifted.
A)1.5
B)5.5
C)12
D)23
Q2) There is more violence involved in __________ compared to armed robberies.
Q3) To ensure the house they break into is empty,most burglars will use a variety of tricks.Which of the following is NOT one of them?
A)checking the water meter
B)leaving a card in the door
C)making repeated telephone calls
D)posing as a sales person
Q4) Actual violence is more likely to occur in armed robbery than in unarmed robbery.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the motivations and factors that must come into play for burglary to occur.
Q6) _______________ robbers consider their work as a legitimate profession.
Q7) Robbery is simultaneously both a(n)__________ and a violent crime.
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