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If we fail to respect and obey social norms we may face punishment through informal or formal ?
A. techniques of neutralization
B. deviance
C. cultural transmission
D. sanctions
Informal control exists in______________?
A. Primary groups
B. Secondary groups
C. In social settings
D. None of these
The Mafia is an example of_______________?
A. white collar crime
B. organized crime
C. non-criminal deviance
D. global terrorism
Technological forms of surveillance have made it easier to_____________?
A. access and exchange private information about consumers
B. reduce prison overcrowding by the use of electronic tagging
C. monitor employees’ activities at work
D. all of the above
What is defined as non-conformity to a given set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?
A. criminality
B. deviance
C. recidivism
D. degeneracy
The term secondary deviation refers to________________?
A. the punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts
B. the labelling of an act as deviant through social reactions to it
C. the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action
D. all of the above
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of social control processes ?
A. conformity with norms
B. internalization of norms
C. the structure of social experience
D. formal and informal sanctions
It is very important to Sammi to do well in school, so she regularly cheats on tests According to Merton’s structural strain theory Sammi is a(n) ?
A. conformist
B. innovator
C. ritualist
D. retreatist
Selective confinement_______________?
A. cannot keep “hard core” criminals off the street
B. does keep “hard core” criminals off the street
C. is an effort to address the problem of one-time criminals
D. maximizes effective use of prison bed space
In their study of deviance control theory advocates ask ?
A. Why are people deviant?
B. why are people not deviant?
C. How does labeling contribute to deviance?
D. How does structural strain contribute to deviance
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