Crime and Deviance - Theories

The Police Force is a form of what?

• Crime

• Deviance

• Formal Social Control

• Informal Social Control

What word describes crime committed for monetary/physical gain?

What word does Durkheim use to describe the feeling of 'normlessness'?

Which of the following are positive functions of crime according to Functionalists?

• Deviancy Amplification

• Social Cohesion

• Increased Employment

• Egoism

Which of the following would Merton describe as 'criminal'?

• Innovation

• Conformism

• Rebellion

• Retreatism

• Ritualism

What is Merton's theory called?

• Control Theory

• Strain Theory

• Subcultural Theory

Who originally created Control Theory?

• Durkheim

• Cloward & Ohlin

• Hirschi

• A. K. Cohen

Which of these terms describes a deviant group who commit violent crimes?

• Criminal subculture

• Conflict subculture

• Retreatist subculture

Who uses the terms 'criminal subculture', 'conflict subculture', and 'retreatist subculture'?

• Merton

• A. K. Cohen

• Cloward and Ohlin

• Hirschi

Which of these terms refers to the idea that people don't commit crime because they are too busy?

• Attachment

• Involvement

• Belief

• Commitment