Exam 6: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

What is the basic idea behind differential association theory?

The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world.

____ combines the symbolic interaction and conflict perspectives into one theory.

Effective social control depends almost entirely upon formal social control.

The 1972 Furman decision determined that capital punishment was:

The most important phase in determining a person's guilt or innocence is the:

In recent years,there has been a growing trend toward:

The U.S.prison system is designed for the rehabilitation of inmates.

On a whim,three-year-old Bobby flicks a spoonful of mashed potatoes at his father.Bobby's father puts him in the time-out chair and tells him he is a bad boy.Bobby's behavior is an example of:

The term used to describe a situation in which the norms of society are unclear or no longer applicable to current conditions is:

Retreatists __________ the culturally approved goals of society and __________ the institutional means for achieving them.

Labeling theory incorporates elements of which two theories?

Norm violations that exceed the tolerance level of the community and result in negative sanctions are:

Less than half of violent crimes,and less than one-fourth of property crimes,ever result in an arrest.This means that:

Describe the three different types of social control and rank them in terms of their general importance in reducing deviance.Identify the circumstances in which this order might be reversed.

What is meant by the statement that deviance is relative?

A significant proportion of crime among females is explained by their:

Explain the concept of medicalization.

Research on juvenile delinquency shows that it basically occurs when:

Whether or not an act is considered deviant depends on the time,place,actor,and audience.