Deviance and Social Control MCQs
Deviance and Social Control MCQs
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1: A crime, such as murder, that is severe enough to merit the death penalty is called Capital crime.
A. True
B. False
2: Crimes punishable by death are called ____.
A. Capital offenses
B. Capital crime
C. Social control
D. None of these
3: Theories that propose that what is labeled deviant or criminal—and therefore who gets punished—is determined by the interests of the dominant class are classe Class-dominant theories.
A. True
B. False
4: Any act defined in the law as punishable by fines, imprisonment, or both is called ____.
A. Crime
B. Deviance
C. Offence
D. Sin
5: Theories that focus on the relationship between race, power, and racism are called ____ theories.
A. Ethnic studies
B. Anti racism
C. Sel
D. Critical race
6: Any attitude, behavior, belief, or condition that violates cultural norms or societal laws and results in disapproval, hostility, or sanction if it becomes known is called ____.
A. Deviance
B. Crime
C. Variance
D. Defiance
7: The theory that deviant and criminal behavior is learned and results from regular exposure to attitudes favorable to acting in ways that are deviant or criminal is called ____.
A. Differential association theory
B. Labeling theory
C. Differential opportunity theory.
D. Social learning theory
8: The theory that people differ not only in their motivations to engage in deviant acts but also in their opportunities to do so is called ____
A. Differential opportunity theory
B. Ohlin
C. Differential reinforcement
D. Labeling theory
9: It's a perspective that suggests studies of deviance are biased because all research is done by males largely ignoring female perspective is called _____ perspectives on deviance.
A. Feminist
B. Chauvinist
C. Patriarchist
D. Liberal
10: Official attempts to discourage certain behaviors and visibly punish others; most often exercised by the state is called Formal social control.
A. True
B. False
11: The recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring, or receipt of a person by such means as threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, or deception for the purpose of exploitation is called _____.
A. Human trafficking
B. Human smuggling
C. Prostitution
D. Kidnapping
12: The unofficial means through which deviance and deviant behaviors are discouraged in society is called ____ social control.
A. Informal
B. Formal
C. Both of these
D. None of these
13: A symbolic interactionist approach holding that deviant behavior is a product of the labels people attach to certain types of behavior is called _____ theory.
A. Labeling
B. Strain
C. Conflict
D. Self-fulfilling
14: Legislation stipulating that a person found guilty of a particular crime must be sentenced to set minimum numbers of years in prison are known as Mandatory minimum sentences.
A. True
B. False
15: Crime committed by criminal groups that provide illegal goods and services is called a _____ crime.
A. Organized
B. State
C. Federal
D. Street
16: A theory that the skull configurations of deviant individuals differ from those of non deviants is called ____.
A. Phrenology
B. Physiognomy
C. Craniology
D. Eugenics
17: Societies made up of many diverse groups with different norms and values are called ____ societies.
A. Pluralistic
B. Singuralistic
C. Monolithic
D. Multicultural
18: The first step in the labeling of deviance, it occurs at the moment an activity is labeled deviant is called ____ deviance.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Tertiary
D. Quaternary
19: Crimes that involve the violation of individuals’ ownership rights, including burglary, larceny/theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson are called ____ crimes.
A. Property
B. Street
C. State
D. Federal
20: The policies and practices that push students, particularly at-risk youth, out of schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice system is called the School-to-prison pipeline.
A. True
B. False
21: Second step in labelling deviance when a person is labelled deviant accepts the label as part of his or her identity and, as a result, begins to act in conformity with the label is called _____ deviance.
A. Secondary
B. Primary
C. Tertiary
D. Null
22: As a consequence of labeling, people develop deviant self-concepts, living up to the label imposed on them is known as ______.
A. Confirmation bias
B. Self-fulfilling prophecy
C. Self-serving bias
D. Pygmalion effect
23: Individuals' connections to others are known as Social bonds.
A. True
B. False
24: The attempts by certain people or groups in society are called ____.
A. Social control
B. Personal control
C. Social order
D. Social justice
25: The theory that explains that that probability of delinquency or deviance among children and teenagers is rooted in social control is known as _____theory.
A. Social control theory
B. Social learning theory
C. Strain theory
D. Conflict theory
26: The ability to exercise social control is called Social power.
A. True
B. False
27: Criminal or other harmful acts of commission or omission perpetrated by state officials in the pursuit of their jobs as representatives of the government are known as _____.
A. State crimes
B. Street crimes
C. Federal crimes
D. None of these
28: The theory that when there is a discrepancy between the cultural goals for success and the means available to achieve those goals, rates of deviance will be high is known as _____.
A. Strain theory
B. Anomie
C. Labeling theory
D. Control theory
29: The theory that conflicts generated by fundamental contradictions in the structure of society produce laws defining certain acts as deviant or criminal is called Structural contradicition theory.
A. True
B. False
30: In Merton’s reformulation of Durkheim’s functionalist theory, a form of anomie that occurs when a gap exists between the culturally defined goals of a society and the means available in society to achieve those goals are known as _____ strain.
A. Structural
B. Function
C. Regional
D. Geographical
31: Theories that explain deviance in terms of the conflicting interests of different segments of the population are called ____ theories.
A. Subcultural
B. Cultural
C. Racial
D. Religious
32: State and federal laws that sentence an individual to life in prison who has been found guilty of committing three felonies or serious crimes punishable by a minimum of a year in prison is a term known as Three strikes Laws.
A. True
B. False
33: Crimes that involve force or threat of force, including murder and negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault are called _____.
A. Violent crimes
B. Street crimes
C. White collar crimes
D. Blue collar crimes
34: Actions taken by U.S. state and federal governments to curb the illegal drug trade and reduce drug use by punishing drug possession, use, and trafficking more harshly is known as “War on drugs”.
A. True
B. False
35: Crime committed by people of high social status in connection with their work is called _____ crime.
A. White collar
B. Blue collar
C. Street
D. Blacklist
36: School or district policies that set predetermined punishments for certain misbehaviors and punish the same way, no matter the severity or the context of the behavior are known as _____ policies.
A. Zero-tolerance
B. Benchmade
C. Spyderco
D. Kershaw
37: Crimes that members of society generally agree are serious is consensus crimes
A. True
B. False
38: Deviant actions for which there are formal penalties imposed by the government, such as fines, jail, or prison sentences is called
A. Crime
B. Deviance
C. Wealth
D. Inequality
39: Globally, 35% of women have been the victim of physical or sexual violence.
A. True
B. False
40: As societies modernize, which of the following can be expected?
A. A rise in anomie
B. A decrease in crime
C. An increase in the death penalty
D. Improved social solidarity
41: According to some sociologists, labeling someone a deviant can actually increase their deviant behavior.
A. True
B. False
42: Which theory explains why people obey norms?
A. Social control theory
B. Strain theory
C. Rational choice theory
D. Conflict theory
43: The idea of “peer pressure” (that students’ deviant peers encourage them to be deviant as well) fits most closely with labeling theory.
A. True
B. False
44: People with higher statuses in society are less likely to be seen as deviant.
A. True
B. False
45: William Chambliss’s study of the Saints and the Roughnecks is an example of a(n) ______.
A. Self-fulfilling prophecy
B. Manifest function
C. Rebellion
D. Retreatism
46: The breakdown of norms guiding behavior that leads to social disorganization is ______.
A. Strain
B. Social dysfunction
C. Normalized society
D. Anomie
47: The criminal justice system tends to treat everyone equally, regardless of race, class, or sex.
A. True
B. False
48: How do women’s crimes generally differ from men’s?
A. Crime does not differ by sex.
B. Women are often in less of a position to commit crimes, and those crimes they do commit are often to procure resources.
C. Only women commit crimes of passion.
D. Women’s crimes typically involve children.
49: A global treaty forbids torture of war criminals, but the U.S. tortures some of its criminals anyway. Because the U.S. is a world superpower, its treatment of prisoners is not considered a state-organized crime.
A. True
B. False
50: Someone decides to sell illegal drugs because he does not have any marketable job skills. Merton would refer to this as ______.
A. Conformity
B. Retreatism
C. Innovation
D. Rebellion
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