Week 6_2007CCJ

An organic society is:

• A society that derives its sense of solidarity from mutual interdependence but respect for diversity of values & cultures

• A society that derives its sense of solidarity from dependence of the minorities to the majorities where majorities control the beliefs

• A society that derives its sense of solidarity from everyone having individualistic views on how their society should be run.

• A society that derives its sense of solidarity from a homogenous set of beliefs, customs and traditions

Which two below are types of strain according to Robert Agnew's General Strain Theoery?

• Absence of individuals to demonstrate control

• Removal of Valued Stimuli

• Failure to conform to societies rules

• Can't Escape Noxious Stimuli

Which of the below was not identified as a structural function of crime?

• Crime and deviance help define boundaries

• Crime and deviance help articulate group solidarity

• Crime and deviance function to protect social organisation

• Crime and deviance function to help society innovate

differential opportunity refers to when members of a society all share similar cultural goals and valies but a divided by legitimate opportunity to achieve those goals

• True

• False

Two of the shortcomings of Merton's Strain Theory are:

• Believes that culutral differences increase crime

• Does not explain the age-crime curve

• Only defines crime is terms of law

• Fails to explain why the rich commit crime

Structural Strain is

• the idea the biological factors of a perpertrator are defining their likelihood to participate in deviance

• the idea that the comunity's laco of ability to resolve conflict by acction may cause social disorganisation

• the idea that social structures may conflict with perceived needs or opportunities on a general social level

• the idea that regardless of one’s place in social hierarchies that individuals may experience “strain” in relation to their perceived goals and relative opportunities to achieve these goals

The theory in which "everyone is presumed to succeed, but those in who are unable or least likely to succeed by legitimate means are under the most strain to use illegitimate or illegal opportunities" is called:

• Agnew's General Strain Theory

• Durkheim's Sociology of Society

• Durkeim's Anomie

• Merton's Strain Theory

Anomie is generally understood by criminologists to refer to a state of development in shared moral standards and normative assumptions of social behaviors.

• True

• False

Which of the below are considered to be one of the 'big five' social structure? (2 correct)

• Politics

• Education

• Nationality

• Homeownership

One of the shortcomins of GST is that there is a lot of overlap with other theories?

• True

• False