Crime and Deviance Key thinkers

All crime is deviant

• True

• False

All deviance is crime

• True

• False

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

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.

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.

Conflict theorists understand crime to be?

• A result of class struggle

• justified for people to move up the economic ladder

• inequitable towards women

• based on racialized relationships

Theory in which the person is deemed deviant by society and they accept the idea that they are a deviant person; they will attempt to live-up to the expectation of deviance

• control theory

• conflict theory

• differential association

• labeling theory

Consider the following statement: “The more you hang around with a group of teenagers who shoplift, the more likely it is that you will become a shoplifter.” Which of the following theories would most strongly agree with this statement?

• control theory

• differential association theory

• labeling theory

• conflict theory

Which of the following describes a person, under Merton's theory of deviance, that rejects society's goals but accepts the means to go about achieving them has a deviant response of ____________; the best example would be a person who chooses to work a very low paying job.

• innovation

• ritualism

• rebelliion

• conformity

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