crime and deviance key thinkers

All crime is deviant

• True

• False

All deviance is crime

• True

• False

Crime is defined as...

• a judgement of character

• an act that violates the law

• behaving in socially accepted ways

• not coming to class on time

The police and judicial courts are both part of

• the criminal justice system.
• control theory
• recidivism.
• retreatism.

Robert Merton's theory of deviance; the idea that deviance is based upon society's value of certain goals but that not everyone has the means to achieve those goals is known as

• control theory

• conflict theory

• strain theory

• differential association

Which of the following is NOT part of the criminal justice system?

• police

• people who are caught violating the law

• court system

• correctional institutions

Social control refers to

• the folkways practiced by a society.

• the methods a society uses to promote order and stability.

• the violation of a social sanction.

• the rebellious behavior in which many adolescents engage.

What is Social Control?

• the control government's have on society and their people.

• the underlying patterns of relationships in a group.

• ways to encourage or promote conformity to society's norms.

• ways to discourage conformity to society's norms.

In Sociology, what is meant by the Labeling Theory?

• it says that social classes should always be labeled based off of how much wealth and power they have over others.

• emphasizes role of primary groups (family, friends, etc) in transmitting deviance; how one learns about deviance through exposure to it.

• says that society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant.

• says that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individual and society.

Which one of the following answers would not be considered a status?

• CEO of Walmart

• Mother of a Family

• A Teacher Grading Papers

• Captain of the Football Team