Exam 8: Social Class

What kind of crime is a business operation committing when it supplies illegal goods and services for profit?

Ned,Carson,and Roy are teenagers who find the gang lifestyle appealing,but there are no gangs in their rural community.According to Cloward and Ohlin,what are these young men likely turn to?

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the police have such a broad range of responsibilities?

Canada's Indigenous people have far less power and resources than other Canadians.

Using an example,discuss the relationship between crime and gender.

Teachers at Elmwood Elementary have a strict policy on bullying,which prohibits physical,psychological,or emotional abuse of teachers or students.Which term best applies to this process?

A young girl in middle school decides,for the first time,not to attend school today because she has a test.What would sociologist Edwin Lemert call this initial act of rule breaking?

Charlie is studying how people learn the necessary techniques,motives,drives,rationalizations and attitudes of deviant behaviour from people from whom they associate.What perspective is Charlie most likely to use?

Single mother Jeannette works at two minimum wage jobs.She routinely writes bad cheques and eventually gets arrested for fraud.Which theory would explain Jeannette's deviance in terms of poor wages and her inability to provide economically for her children?

Tim is studying a justice system that repairs the harm that was done to victims and the community.What system is Tim studying?

Beyond introducing the concept of the criminalized woman,how else have feminist theorists expanded sociological understanding of women's relationship to crime?

What is the main difference between occupational crime and corporate crime?

Which theory on crime and deviance is NOT part of the functionalist tradition?

Differential association is most likely to result in criminal activity when a person has infrequent,yet acutely intense,interactions with others who violate the law.

After witnessing one of their classmates be expelled for cheating,the rest of the class is inclined to follow the rules.What principle does this illustrate?

The text uses the example of Conrad Black,who was convicted in 2007 of misappropriating millions of dollars from the newspaper he once headed,and sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.Despite his wealth,he took money from the Hollinger Company,which belonged to shareholders.What is this case used to illustrate?

What does the text claim about age and crime?

In Canada,Indigenous people are overrepresented in the prison population.

According to a sociologist,which phrase best describes deviance?

The increase in female crime has been greatest for violent crimes,including minor assaults.