Exam 6: Social Control

Radical criminologists propose the view of law that is based on the ________ theory.

Order theorists assume that the state and law are considered essentially neutral.

________ believe that the political system is made up of a number of interest groups of more-or-less equal power.

There is a ________ bias in the mainstream media.

Crimes such as burglary and murder support the idea of Quinney's interest-group theory.

________ believe that the law and the legal system reflect and serve the needs of the ruling class.

A religious group preserves the status quo by

Images and ideologies promoted in the media support imperialism, capitalism, racism, sexism, militarism, authoritarian violence, vigilantism, and anti-working class attitudes.

In complex societies, societal control tends to be more formal and appears to be more repressive than that found in traditional societies.

Ideological social control aims at control through ________ .

________ theorists argue that social order is maintained because there is a normative consensus among the members of society, as they accept the legal order and the state, which are believed to serve the common good.