Unit 3 Sociology Test

According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (2015), which of the following is the most frequently reported Internet crime?

auto-auction fraud

_________ refers to the use of personal judgment by police officers, prosecutors, judges, and other criminal justice system officials regarding whether and how to proceed in a given situation.

​Discretion

Unlike the liberal feminist approach, the radical feminist approach:

views the cause of women's crime as originating in patriarchy.

Which of the following statements is true about rational choice theory?

. It suggests that most people who commit crimes make careful decisions based on weighing situational factors and personal factors.

According to Walter Reckless, __________, such as reasonable social expectations and supervision from family and supportive friends, prevent many people from resorting to deviance.

outer containments

Drug use and addiction are prevalent in __________, which are unable to gain success through legitimate means and are unwilling to do so through illegal ones.

retreatist gangs

According to Merton's __________, people feel tension when they are exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to obtain because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving those goals.

strain theory

Which of the following statements is true about the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)?

It is based on information filed by law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.

The __________ is based on the assumption that women are exploited by both capitalism and patriarchy. From this approach, women's criminal behavior is linked to gender conflict created by the economic and social struggle that often takes place in postindustrial societies.

Marxist (socialist) feminist approach

Which of the following statements is true about crime in the United States?

African Americans are more likely than people in other racial or ethnic classifications to become crime victims.

Sociologist __________ believed that deviance is rooted in societal factors such as rapid social change and lack of social integration among people. As social integration (bonding and community involvement) decreased, deviance and crime increased.

Emile Durkheim

_______ include offenses such as prostitution, illegal gambling, and pornography.

Public order crimes

_________ involve(s) an illegal action voluntarily engaged in by the participants, such as prostitution, illegal gambling, the private use of illegal drugs, and illegal pornography.

Public order crimes