Inquizitive Ch 6

Place each personality type to the proper location in Merton's typology of deviance.

(Top/Side) Accept/Accept: conformity Reject/Accept: innovation Accept/Reject: ritualism Reject/Reject: retreatism

The year - saw the highest homicide rate in U.S. history, at - per 100,000 persons or - murders. Since then, the number has declined to - per 100,000 persons, or -murders in -.

1.1991 2.9.8 3.24,700 4.4.5 5.14,196 6.2013

Place each study of deviance in the order it was published from first to last.

1.David Matza 2.Alexander Liazos 3.Jack Katz 4.Leile Rupp and Verta Taylor

What are the distinguishing features of a symbolic interactionist theory of social deviance?

Distinguishing Feature(s): -a focus on individual psychology rather than on the social dynamics of large populations -a recognition of the impact of assigning labels to behaviors and to people Not Distinguishing Feature(s): -a search for the functional importance of a person's behavior in relation to the rest of the social group

In the United States, imprisonment as a method of punishment was rare until what century?

Nineteenth

Match each personality type from structural strain theory to its definition.

Ritualist:

Identify the following as either violent crime or property crime.

Violent crime: -aggravated assault -robbery -rape -murder -Property crime: -motor vehicle theft -burglary -arson -larceny

A sociologist believes that students with less money or connections who are caught plagiarizing are punished harshly and have fewer options afterward, whereas students with more financial or social resources can either transfer to another school or rely on their parents for help. What theoretical perspective does this thinking represent?

conflict theory

What term describes "actions considered deviant within a given context but are later reinterpreted as appropriate or even heroic"?

positive deviance

August is a senior at a very expensive private high school. His father is a successful stock broker and his mother is a partner in a Manhattan law firm. August gets caught stealing a shirt and claims he was just seeking the thrill of stealing something. This example highlights what concept of deviance studied by Jack Katz?

the foreground deviance