Exam 8: Global Stratification

The three most common arrest categories for both men and women are liquor-law violations, simple assault, and disorderly conduct.

A group of protestors appeals their arrest on the grounds that police officers overstepped their authority. The case goes to court. This scenario best illustrates which of these functions of deviance?

According to Sutherland, people who frequently associate with individuals who are nonconformists are more likely to exhibit deviant behaviors themselves.

Violent crime in the United States decreased from 2013 to 2014.

Based on information from the text, what trends do you predict for crime and deviance in the United States in the future? What trends do you predict for transnational crime and deviance?

According to Merton's ___________theory, people feel tension when they are exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to obtain because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals.

In contemporary societies, the primary mechanism of external social control is___________ .

The___________ feminist approach explains women's deviance and crime as a rational response to the gender discrimination that women experience in families and the workplace.

Hirschi's control theory is based on the importance of___________ in determining the likelihood of deviant behavior.

Discuss the functions of deviance according to sociologist Emile Durkheim.

Discuss the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), and describe the types of crime it reports.

Which of the following crimes is not legally considered a felony?

The___________ feminist approach examines how the intersecting systems of race, class, and gender act as structuring forces that affect how people act, what opportunities are available, and how their behavior is socially defined.

_____________is the term for any behavior, belief, or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs.

___________is defined as "the calculated, unlawful use of physical force or threats of violence against persons or property in order to intimidate or coerce a government, organization, or individual for the purpose of gaining some political, religious, economic, or social objective."

___________argue that the lifestyles considered deviant by political and economic elites are most likely to be defined as illegal.

___________argues that deviant behavior is learned in personal interaction with friends and family.

Although there is no single feminist perspective on deviance and crime, three schools of thought have emerged, including the _______________________.

A young woman graduates from high school with honors and attends a prestigious university, where she completes her degree; she gets a good job; she marries and starts planning for the future. This woman's behavior is an example of ____________.

___________social control takes place through the socialization process.