Exam 8: Deviance, Crime, and Society

A major reason the number of people in prison and jail increased in the 1980s is because of the war on drugs.

The U.S. justice system tends to follow the _____ approach to criminal justice.

Control theory is the theory of deviance, which argues that the question is not, "Why do people deviate from society's norms?" Rather, the question is, "Why don't we deviate more than we do?"

The number of people in prison and jail in the U.S. increased significantly in:

If society were to decriminalize drug sales and use, the prison population would:

In the U.S.:

A more violation is a very serious crime.

The lawyer that one can afford is irrelevant since it is the judge who determines sentences.

An action could be deviant relative to one set of norms but quite acceptable relative to other norms.

In the common law tradition, previous judgments play a central role in how current judgments are made.

Differing norms and laws can make a subset of society both _____ and _____ even though the people in that subset are following the norms of that subset.

Most social scientists believe that our justice system is so deeply flawed that it should be abolished.

Society works best when:

The rule of law is meant to place restrictions on how governments deal with deviant behavior.

What role does the rule of law play in the government? Consider the U.S Bill of Rights.