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Deviance and Social Control

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person is in jail for burglary. Two weeks after he is released, he begins burglarizing homes again and is soon back in prison. This is an example of

a)

white-collar crime.

b)

victim discounting.

c)

recidivism.

d)

primary deviance.

2.

It is so important to Ron to appear successful to others that he begins stealing goods from the warehouse where he works and reselling them to obtain money. This is an example of

a)

ritualism.

b)

rebellion.

c)

innovation.

d)

retreatism.

3.

A plumber has stolen thousands of dollars from individuals by installing substandard plumbing fixtures. The judge says that the plumber must pay for new fixtures for these people's homes. This is an example of

a)

ritualism

b)

recidivism

c)

retribution

d)

rehabilitation

4.

A young high-school dropout is sent to prison for repeated car theft. While in prison the individual is helped in obtaining his high-school equivalency degree to increase his chances of getting a good job when he is released. This is an example of

a)

recidivism.

b)

rehabilitation.

c)

rebellion.

d)

ritualism.

5.

Mary studied hard in geometry, but still failed the class. She figured out a way of obtaining test answers from a friend who had the class earlier in the day. In addition, her friend supplied Mary with homework answers. Which of the following best describes Mary's behavior?

a)

innovation

b)

rebellion

c)

ritualism

d)

retreatism

6.

Students in Larry's class avoid him because they know his father is in prison for auto theft. This is an example of

a)

ritualism.

b)

rebellion.

c)

a stigma.

d)

attachment.

7.
Term that refers to rewards or punishments used to enforce conformity to norms
a)
corrections
b)
sanctions
c)
social controls
d)
anomies
8.
The enforcing of norms through either internal or external means is called
a)
internalization
b)
anomie
c)
sanction
d)
social control
9.
Behavior that violates significant social norms
a)
anomie
b)
control theory
c)
deviance
d)
primary deviance
10.
The occasional violation of norms
a)
anomie
b)
control theory
c)
deviance
d)
primary deviance
11.
Refers to the frequency and closeness of associations a person has with deviant and non-deviant behavior
a)
criminologist
b)
differential association
c)
stigma
d)
labeling theory
12.
The theory that focuses on how individuals come to be identified as deviant
a)
cultural transmission theory
b)
strain theory
c)
labeling theory
d)
control theory
13.

Secondary Deviance

a)

deviance as a lifestyle and results in the individual being labeled as deviant and believing the label

b)

deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that is not a part of a person's lifestyle or self-concept

c)

Behavior that violates significant social norms

d)

repeated criminal behavior

14.

abandons cultural goals and the approved ways of achieving them

a)

Retreatism

b)

Ritualism

c)

Rebellion

d)

Innovation

15.

True or False: What is considered deviant in one culture may be accepted in another.

a)

True

b)

False