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Control, Deviance, and Crime

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An act that is labeled by those in authority, is prohibited by law, and is punishable.

a)

Recidivism

b)

Anomie

c)

Crime

d)

Rebellion

2.

George’s sixth-grade class avoid him because his father is in prison. This is an example of

a)

ritualism

b)

rebellion.

c)

a stigma.

d)

attachment.

3.

A computer operator figures out a way to steal from the bank where he works by sending money to a secret account. This is a

a)

retreatism.

b)

control theory.

c)

labeling theory.

d)

white-collar crime.

4.
The police and judicial courts are both part of
a)
the criminal justice system.
b)
control theory
c)
recidivism.
d)
retreatism.
5.
Rape, robbery, and aggravated assault are example of
a)
Organized Crime
b)
Violent Crimes
c)
White-Collar Crime
d)
Victimless Crime
6.
Crimes such as burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson are classified as
a)
organized crime
b)
property crime
c)
white collar crime
d)
victimless crime
7.

Deviance is always criminal.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

An example of a white-collar crime would be...

a)

Drug dealing

b)

Arson

c)

Car theft

d)

Tax fraud

9.

A spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or a group (e.g. friends or family)

a)

Positive Sanction

b)

Formal Sanction

c)

Informal Sanction

d)

Stigma

10.

Which agents of social control are informal?

a)

Family, peer groups, and coworkers

b)

Prisons

c)

Police

d)

Courts

11.

rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms

a)

Sanctions

b)

Positive Sanction

c)

Formal Sanction

d)

Stigma

12.

Positive Sanction

a)

Not following the social norms

b)

a reward or positive reaction, like a smile to a material reward

c)

a punishment or the threat of punishment

d)

mark of social disgrace

13.

a punishment or the threat of punishment used to enforce conformity

a)

Negative Sanction

b)

Formal Sanction

c)

Social Control

d)

Stigma

14.

Formal Sanction

a)

reward or punishment that is given by some formal organization

b)

rewards or punishments

c)

a punishment or the threat of punishment

d)

a mark of social disgrace

15.

a mark of social disgrace that sets a deviant individual apart from the rest of society

a)

Stigma

b)

Deviance

c)

Social Control

d)

Formal Sanction

16.

crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations

a)

White-Collar Crime

b)

Crime Syndicate

c)

Recidivism

d)

Rebellion

17.

Police Discretion

a)

the power held by police officers to decide who they arrested

b)

repeated criminal behavior

c)

assuming nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit crimes

d)

large-scale organization of professional criminals that controls some business through violence

18.

the practice of assuming nonwhite Americans are more likely to commit crimes than white Americans

a)

Police Discretion

b)

Stigma

c)

Secondary Deviance

d)

racial profiling