Which of the following is an accurate description of the policy implications of all social structure theories regarding crime and deviance?
a. they reduce the power of elites.
b. they improve child rearing and provide psychological therapy.
c. they change the social environment and offer more opportunity and mobility.
d. they strengthen social bonds with conformist others.
Question 2A label may be acquired in three ways. Which of the following is NOT one of these ways?
a. voluntary engagement in self-labeling
b. through social control
c. informally
d. formally
Question 3Which of the following is/are (a) common criticism(s) of Merton's strain theory?
a. It is not clear that all Americans are equally committed to striving for material success.
b. The theory does not specify the conditions under which people who are experiencing strain come to choose one or another of the five resolutions.
c. Merton does not address in fact, he virtually ignores, upper-class deviance.
d. all of the above
Question 4Classical theory has enjoyed renewed popularity in the past two decades under the name __________ theory.
a. anomie
b. differential association
c. rational choice
d. positivist
Question 5In his analysis of Protestantism and the rise of capitalism, Max Weber stated that Protestantism
a. held back the development of capitalism.
b. supported the status quo.
c. encouraged greater gender equality.
d. stressed duty and hard work, boosting economic production and fostering the rise of capitalism.
Question 6Which of the following is/are consistent with the conflict view of deviance?
a. The ruling class controls all major institutions and uses them to protect its interests.
b. The laws that define what is criminal reflect the values and interests of the ruling class.
c. Offenses most commonly committed by the elites are not harshly punished.
d. all of the above
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