Strain theory stresses the investment and costs that individuals have in a society to explain deviance.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 2Pastoralism should be seen as
a. evolutionarily higher or more advanced than agriculture
b. an alternative to agriculture in arid environments
c. evolutionarily lower or less advanced than agriculture
d. a specialized subsistence adaptation found primarily in tropical rainforest areas
Question 3Control theory would emphasize the differential treatment of white collar criminals and street crimes.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 4Which of the following conclusions is supported by the paleopathological evidence analyzed by Cohen and Armelagos?
a. infection is a more frequent problem among farming populations than among hunter-gatherers
b. chronic malnutrition is a more frequent problem among hunter-gatherers than among farming populations
c. childhood growth disruption was equally significant among hunter-gatherers and farming populations
d. none of these
Question 5Labeling theory stresses the importance of the ratio of favorable to unfavorable definitions of criminality.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Question 6Mark Cohen has proposed that hunter-gatherers in different areas turned to cultivation
a. once they understood it
b. out of a desire to establish permanent residences
c. because of a food crisis that resulted from population growth
d. once experiments with planting demonstrated sufficient promise
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