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Category: Social Control
Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful ?
A. Richard Quinney
B. Edwin Sutherland
C. Stanley Milgram
D. William Chambliss
Which policy is supported by the theory of broken windows ?
A. restorative justice
B. zero tolerance
C. target hardening
D. deterrent sentencing
The term terrorism has its origins in_____________?
A. the Roman Empire
B. Revolutionary France
C. Nazi Germany
D. the English Civil War
Of what is the failure of companies to adhere to legal regulations that apply to them an example ?
A. white-collar crime
B. corporate crime
C. victimless crime
D. organized crime
Which one of the following crime rates was higher in the United States than in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s ?
A. murder
B. rape
C. robbery
D. all of the above
Functionalists view social control as_______________?
A. operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others
B. an indispensable functional requirement for social survival
C. a source of social chaos
D. both b and c
In order for a deviant act to be considered a crime______________?
A. the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
B. it must be committed by someone labelled a criminal
C. it must involve the violation of a person or property
D. the majority of the population must consider the act criminal
________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?
A. conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling
B. labelling theorists conflict functionalist
C. functionalists conflict labelling
D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist
The society which lacks consistent guidelines for people to learn is termed as_____________?
A. Inconsistent society
B. Incoherent society
C. Anomic Society
D. None of these
Chinese social control is done mainly through group pressure Every individual is a member of a small group called_____________?
A. Danwie
B. Communis
C. Nessar
D. None of these
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