Question 1

According to the social-conflict approach,deviance has a number of functions for the operation of society as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Today in the United States,women are arrested for property crimes at the same rate as men are.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In terms of racial categories,most people arrested for a violent crime in the United States are

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A)  white.
B)  African American.
C)  people of mixed race.
D)  of Hispanic ancestry.

Question 4

"Due process" means handling alleged offenders within the bounds of the law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Most criminal cases handled by the criminal justice system in the United States are resolved

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A)  through plea bargaining.
B)  with a judge dismissing all charges.
C)  with convictions after a courtroom trial.
D)  with a suspect being convicted and sentenced to prison.

Question 6

What is considered deviant is mostly the same behavior all around the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Prostitution is widely regarded as a

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A)  crime against the person.
B)  crime against property.
C)  victimless crime.
D)  corporate crime.

Question 8

Feminist theory states that gender figures into the study of deviance because

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A)  women account for most of the arrests for serious crimes in the United States.
B)  every society in the world applies stronger normative controls to females than to males.
C)  most researchers in this area are women.
D)  women are more likely than men to commit a serious crime.

Question 9

Using a Marxist approach,Steven Spitzer claims that prime targets for deviant labeling include

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A)  people who try to take the property of others.
B)  people who work hard but are poor.
C)  perpetrators of white-collar crime.
D)  people who have social power.

Question 10

Crime is only one category of deviance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Men,who represent about half the U.S.population,account for about _____ of all arrests for property crime.

Accepted Answer

A)  33 percent
B)  50 percent
C)  63 percent
D)  98 percent

Question 12

Cesare Lombroso,an Italian physician and criminologist,claimed that most criminals were people who had been mistreated by society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In general,people of higher social class position are less likely to be arrested for street crimes than people of lower class position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A judge orders that an offender be sentenced to prison for a time,with most of the sentence served on probation.This sentence reflects a policy called

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A)  parole.
B)  shock probation.
C)  rehabilitation.
D)  extended lockup.

Question 15

According to Durkheim,functions of deviance include

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A)  negating cultural values and norms.
B)  the idea that responding to deviance promotes social unity.
C)  the idea that responding to deviance confuses moral boundaries.
D)  the idea that deviance looks the same across cultures.

Question 16

A poor person who has little chance to go to college and who sells illegal drugs to make money is one example of a deviant "innovator."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Looking back in history,the oldest justification for punishing an offender is

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A)  deterrence.
B)  retribution.
C)  social protection.
D)  rehabilitation.

Question 18

According to Robert Merton's strain theory,how would you classify a low-paid,yet compulsively conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything wrong?

Accepted Answer

A)  innovator
B)  ritualist
C)  retreatist
D)  rebel

Question 19

Alexander Liazos speaks for the social-conflict approach when he states that

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A)  powerless people are at the highest risk of being defined as deviant.
B)  deviance has both functions and dysfunctions.
C)  deviance exists only in the eye of the beholder.
D)  society should ignore victimless crime.

Question 20

The old saying,"An eye for an eye," expresses the idea underlying the policy of rehabilitation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: Deviance

"Due process" means handling alleged offenders within the bounds of the law.

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In terms of racial categories,most people arrested for a violent crime in the United States are

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Most criminal cases handled by the criminal justice system in the United States are resolved

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Feminist theory states that gender figures into the study of deviance because

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According to the social-conflict approach,deviance has a number of functions for the operation of society as a whole.

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Cesare Lombroso,an Italian physician and criminologist,claimed that most criminals were people who had been mistreated by society.

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A poor person who has little chance to go to college and who sells illegal drugs to make money is one example of a deviant "innovator."

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Men,who represent about half the U.S.population,account for about _____ of all arrests for property crime.

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Using a Marxist approach,Steven Spitzer claims that prime targets for deviant labeling include

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What is considered deviant is mostly the same behavior all around the world.

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The old saying,"An eye for an eye," expresses the idea underlying the policy of rehabilitation.

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Alexander Liazos speaks for the social-conflict approach when he states that

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Prostitution is widely regarded as a

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According to Durkheim,functions of deviance include

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Looking back in history,the oldest justification for punishing an offender is

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A judge orders that an offender be sentenced to prison for a time,with most of the sentence served on probation.This sentence reflects a policy called

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Crime is only one category of deviance.

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According to Robert Merton's strain theory,how would you classify a low-paid,yet compulsively conforming bank teller who never seems to want to get ahead but never seems to do anything wrong?

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In general,people of higher social class position are less likely to be arrested for street crimes than people of lower class position.

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Today in the United States,women are arrested for property crimes at the same rate as men are.

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