Sociology of Law Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Sociology of Law examines the complex relationship between society and legal systems, exploring how laws are created, applied, and interpreted within different social contexts. The course analyzes the ways in which legal institutions both shape and are shaped by cultural norms, power dynamics, economic forces, and historical processes. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical case studies, students will investigate topics such as the social origins of legal rules, the role of law in social change, access to justice, and the interplay between law and inequality. Emphasis is placed on the critical evaluation of law's role in maintaining social order, promoting social justice, and resolving conflict in contemporary societies.
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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 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
Q2) Many contemporary definitions of deviance combine both objective and subjective elements.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Dressing in a suit when going to a job interview would be an example of retroactive social control.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Explaining Deviance: The Act
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Q1) According to social learning theory, all behaviour is due, in part, to differential association.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to the general theory of crime, low levels of self-control are relatively stable throughout life.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which theory of deviance emphasizes self-control?
A)social learning theory
B)pluralist conflict theory
C)general theory of crime
D)social bonds theory
E)labelling theory
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Explaining Deviance: The Perception, Reaction, and Power
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Q1) The model of the deviant career applies to both individuals who leave those careers and individuals who stay in those deviant careers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In order to manage the stigma of being an "ex-convict", clients of Halushka's program are taught to re-narrate criminal stories and frame their backgrounds.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following concepts can be applied to the process by which an individual is caught at deviance and then becomes excluded from mainstream social life?
A)labelling
B)tagging
C)stigmatization
D)dramatization of evil
E)all of the concepts listed above apply to this process
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: Deviance 20: The Role of the Media
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Q1) The fact that media companies are continuously merging or buying one another is an issue of concentration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The impact of advertisement and product placement has become the most researched topic in media studies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss how media can be used both as a tool for crime and creating deviance, as well as a tool that is able to promote change and resistance to deviant labels. Which one do you feel is more powerful?
Q4) 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
Q5) Describe the current research centered on digital piracy. Provide examples.
Q6) Describe the five hacker subculture normative orders.
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Chapter 5: Deviant and Normal Sexuality
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Q1) Which of the following accurately lists, in order, the top three motivations for police-reported hate crimes in Canada?
A)(1)race/ethnicity; (2)religion; (3)sexual orientation
B)(1)religion; (2)race/ethnicity; (3)sexual orientation
C)(1)sexual orientation; (2)religion; (3)race/ethnicity
D)(1)sexual orientation; (2)race/ethnicity; (3)religion
E)(1)race/ethnicity; (2)sexual orientation; (3)religion
Q2) The social control of sexual deviance during the Colonial era was consistent across genders, races, and classes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The "Viagra culture" in which we currently live defines and controls the sexuality of both men and women.
A)True
B)False
Q4) As long as you and your partner are in agreement, the sexual acts that you engage in are perceived by others as "normal".
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: The Troubling and Troubled World of Youth
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Q1) The concept of "youth" has a diversity of definitions, depending upon the context in question.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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.
Q3) Which of the following is a retroactive form of the social control of gangs?
A)school programs that teach preschoolers basic life skills
B)programs that offer free tattoo removal
C)identifying youth who may be "at risk" and providing them with special programs
D)integrating gang awareness programs in schools
E)programs that teach children anger management
Q4) Despite the knowledge on health issues that relate to smoking youth smoking rates have begun to increase in the past decade because the social pressures of body image are so strong.
A)True
B)False
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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) Among adolescents, although body modification is often an expression of protest against parents or the parental generation, having body art that they know their parents would disapprove of still has an impact on perceptions of self.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the informal and formal forms of social control that are used to convey the message of what is 'too fat' or 'too thin' in our society.
Q4) Discuss how "too fat" is socially controlled in the following ways: (a)at the level of everyday social interaction; (b)through medicalization; (c)commercialization; and (d)at the level of governments.
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Chapter 8: Mental Disorders
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of resistance to the stigmatization of mental illness?
A)the World Health Organization's efforts to increase government funding for mental health research
B)research into new psychopharmaceutical treatments
C)self-help groups providing information about new and effective treatments
D)the World Psychiatric Association's international "Open the Doors" program
E)self-help groups providing information about the negative side effects of certain psychopharmaceutical treatments
Q2) The World Health Organization identified a number of social conditions that are associated with mental health status, which if the following was not mentioned?
A)Socio-economic status
B)Education level
C)Existing medical diagnostic tools (i.e. the DSM)
D)Human rights standards
E)Gender
Q3) List and describe four different ways that mental illness is socially controlled, and indicate whether each of those forms of social control is formal or informal.
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Chapter 9: What Do You Believe Religion, Science, and Deviance
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Q1) Population prevention approaches are effective at controlling both university binge drinking and scientific misconduct.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The conservative nature of the scientific community contributes to those instances where real sciences are initially perceived as deviant sciences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Foucault (1980), a relationship exists between knowledge claims, power, and
A)the resulting influence that those knowledge claims have on society
B)the resistance of people to the exertion of that power.
C)deviance in science
D)deviant science
E)fraudulent science
Q4) List the five components of the population prevention approach to controlling scientific misconduct
Q5) Describe what social Darwinism is, and explain how it is related to the social typing of deviance.
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Chapter 10: The Deviance Dance Continues
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of a Human Rights document?
A)Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B)Universal Declaration of Sexual Rights
C)Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
D)North American Free Trade Agreement
E)Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
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) In modern state systems (e.g., Canada), religion no longer influences dominant moral codes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the deviance dance in relation to one of the substantive issues that has been addressed in the textbook.
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