Exam 1: Criminology and the Sociological Perspective

How might Durkheim describe crime?

Behaviors that violate norms and arouse negative social reactions are called _____.

The classical school would suggest which of the following regarding legal punishment for a crime?

_____ social structure refers to how a society ranks different groups of people.

People who acquire a social imagination are better able to understand and change the social forces underlying their private troubles.

All societies have standards of behaviors called _____.

Behavior that violates norms is described as _____.

The example that anthropologists found that sexual acts condemned in some societies are often practiced in others is an example of?

Someone who was induced to commit a crime by police would likely utilize an insanity defense.

_____ social structure refers to the social and physical characteristics of communities.

Which of the following group of theorist is most critical of male bias in traditional sociological theories?

Inequality and gender do not have important consequences for criminality and victimization.

Retribution is a goal of the American criminal justice system.

Because deviance is relative concept,:

Observational studies are also known as ____ studies.

Edwin Sutherland defined _____ as the study of making laws,breaking laws and society's reaction to the breaking of laws.