Sociology final

Because laws represent the interests of those in power, crimes committed by the upper classes are typically treated more

Conflict Theory

According to sociologists, most normal people have never engaged in any acts of deviance

False

As society changes and different groups gain access to power, the definitions of crime and deviance will remain the same

False

Deviance is always defined in the same way, regardless of the historical, culture, or situational context in which it occurs

False

Deviance is an objective or unchanging phenomenon that transcends culture, history, and situational context

False

Men and women are about equally likely to commit crimes

False

Recently plastic surgeons in the U.S have begun doing nose jobs that are relatively temporary...

False

Sociological research has consistently shown that as punishment become more severe the crime rate declines

False

The concerns of life that people occupy such jobs, income, education, gender, age, and race are referred to as the social imperative

False

Throughout history prison has been the most common means of punishment for criminals and deviants

False

When sociologists use the term "deviant", they are making both a social and a moral judgement

False

In colonial America, a pickpocket might have had cut off as punishment, Why was this particular method of punishment chosen?

It was considered symbolically appropriate to remove the part of the body most directly connected with crime

Which of the following us true regarding prison as a mechanism for punishing crime?

Prison was rarely used before the 19th century

According to conflict theory, why are vagrancy laws passed?

As a way of targeting groups who threaten society elites

In his book Streetwise, Elijah Anderson

Both police and community members perceive them as more criminal than others

Karl believes that our criminal law excuses big corporations for polluting the planet, manufacturing unsafe products, and manipulating prices,

Conflict theory

What theory argues that punishment for rule violators are unequally distributed

Conflict theory

Traditionally most of the sociological literature on deviance focuses on:

Crime

In order for a behavior trait or belief to be considered in deviant it must:

Depart from a norm and generate a negative reaction

Nowhere to grow by Les Whitbeck and Dan Hoyt

Differential association

The fact that many individuals who engage in deviant behaviors have never associated wit other deviants is evidence against which theory

Differential association theory

The idea that individual lear to be deviant by interacting with others who are already deviant is called

Differential association theory

When a parent argues that her child has simple called in with a bad crowd

Differential association theory

Why was imprisonment such a rare type of punishment before the nineteenth century?

Earlier societies did not have sufficient resources to operate prisons

Today using the wrong fork to eat salad at a dinner party would not usually qualify as deviance, why not?

It is not a serous enough norm

Sociologists argue that no behavior, not even one designed to kill a great number of people, is inherently deviant

True

Sociologists can say that deviance is relative because whether a behavior is considered deviant depends upon the historical, cultural, and/or situational context in which it occurs

True

The peak age for committing both property and violent crimes is under twenty years old

True