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WorksheetsThe social construction of crime
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
Labelling theorists ____ official crime statistics
a)
Accept
b)
Reject
2.
Labelling theories see official crime statistics as what?
a)
Social destructs
b)
Antisocial constructs
c)
Antisocial destructs
d)
Social constructs
3.
Labelling theory sees crime as the product of __ between suspects and police (not a result of wider social issues)
a)
Animosity
b)
Interactions
c)
Conflicts
d)
Hierarchies
4.
Acts aren't deviant in nature, they become deviant due to...
a)
Societies reaction
b)
The 10 commandments
c)
Government targets
d)
Typifications
5.
The people who lead a "crusade" to change or develop new laws
a)
Moral crusaders
b)
Immoral crusaders
c)
Moral entrepreneurs
d)
Immoral entrepreneurs
6.
Becker noted that ___ may become moral entrepreneurs
a)
Religious leaders
b)
Charitable organisations
c)
Criminal masterminds
d)
Social control agents
7.
Which of these is NOT a factor identified in influencing whether someone is arrested, charged or convicted in Piliavin & Briar's (1964) study?
a)
Language spoken
b)
Gender
c)
Ethnicity
d)
Time & place
8.
Commonsense theories or stereotypes of what a typical delinquent is like
a)
Sensifications
b)
Typologies
c)
Typifications
d)
Sensologies
9.
Cicourel supported his theory on the influence of typifications by studying
a)
Convicted criminals
b)
Probation officers
c)
Barristers
d)
Police officers
10.
Cicourel's view of official crime statistics
a)
Topic, not a resource
b)
Resource, not a topic
11.
Interactionists see official crime statistics as socially constructed by the ___ individuals make in the criminal justice system.
a)
Mistakes
b)
Biases
c)
Decisions
d)
Assumptions
12.
What is the dark figure of crime?
a)
Crime only on the dark web
b)
Crime committed at night
c)
The ghost of crimes yet to come
d)
The undetected, unreported & unrecorded crime
13.
Which TWO of these are alternative sources of crime information used by sociologists?
a)
Victim surveys
b)
Court records
c)
Police notebooks
d)
Self reports of crimes committed
14.
What are the problems with self-reports and victim surveys?
a)
People exaggerate
b)
People forget details
c)
People conceal information
d)
All of these
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