Deviant Behavior ~ Midterm (Spring 2017)

Suicide is most common among young urban black women.

False

Which of the following statements reflects the symbolic interactionist's view of human beings?

Humans face, deal with, and act toward the objects they encounter.

According to the deterrence doctrine, which of the following changes in punishment would help reduce the rate of crime.

Making it more severe.

Which of the following are criticisms of protective services efforts for children?

NOT All of the above answers are criticisms.

According to Hirschi, which of the following is NOT a way for individuals to bond themselves to society?

NOT An experience of a gap between goals and means.

According to the article written by Graeme Wood, which of the following is true?

NOT ISIS is a collection of psychopaths.

According to Roth, the overwhelming reasons for higher rates of homicide can be traced to the following factors EXCEPT:

NOT a feeling of fellow feeling in social solidarity.

When it comes to other factors such as Ruck's consideration of the importance of architectural changes and a more recent emphasis upon the drop in crime due to the internet, we may be discussing what Knepper and Ruck considered to be:

NOT deadends.

In general, when abuse is committed against children in the U.S.,

NOT the abuse is more likely to take place in adoptive families.

Which of the following conditions separates the positivist and constructionist perspectives on deviance?

The amount of public consensus about what type of behavior is deviant.

Which of the following is an important reason why sociologists have a difficult time when studying family violence?

The family is the most cherished and intimate social institution in our lives.

According to your text, which of the following is a way poverty causes homicide?

The poor are more likely to have financial, marital and other stressful problems.

According to Knepper, Sutherland came to the conclusion that the drop in imprisonment was due to:

a change in administrative policies.

According to some sociologists, the extremely high rate of homicide in parts of the South is a striking example of

a widespread culture of violence.

One reason why labeling theory has enjoyed tremendous popularity among sociologists is because this theory has

considerable data to support some of its basic ideas.

In Western societies today, higher suicide rates are due in part to

increasingly permissive attitudes toward suicide.

According to the video on the odds of dying earlier, it seemed that the greatest risk was for:

living with loneliness.

All of the following are criticisms of phenomenological theory EXCEPT that

phenomenologists incorrectly assume that powerless deviants are powerless people who have little free will.

All of the following are types of legal reforms designed to help women in court, EXCEPT for

requiring all rape cases to be heard by female judges.

Joe, a steel worker in Cleveland, Ohio, has no aspirations of being rich and successful. Nevertheless, he works hard and takes pride in his job. According to Merton's theory, this is an example of

ritualism.

Problematic interaction between a parent and child is one cause of child abuse. All of the following are problems of interaction, except for

social approval of physical punishment.

The majority of depressed Americans do not kill themselves; those who do commit suicide do so because they have been under the influence of certain

social forces in their lives.

All of the following are part of America's culture of rape, EXCEPT for

the formation of anti-rape organizations like rape crisis centers.

Chambliss stated that the tendency of the police, prosecutors, and judges to become tools of power and privilege is caused by

the organizational imperative, or the need of organizations to compel their members to maximum rewards.

Marijuana growers in the state of Colorado are producing large harvests and making millions of dollars. At the same time, the know that they are violating Federal laws and cold be shut down and arrested at any time by Federal authorities. This example illustrates:

there appears to be a lack of consensus about whether growing or using marijuana are actually serious crimes.

With acquaintance rape, the rapist mostly uses

verbal coercion.