Category: Social Control

A. it has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture
B. the most commonly used recreational drug is Ecstasy
C. teenage girls are more likely to experiment with hard drugs than teenage boys
D. despite a series of moral panics, the use of illegal drugs is very rare

A. hate crimes violence against ethnic minorities simply because of their race
B. institutional racism systematic forms of disadvantage built into the routines and practices of social institutions
C. overt racism in the police force that must be tackled by institutional reforms
D. growing numbers of asylum seekers in need of long-term accommodation

A. the rates of violent crime were similar for men and women
B. women’s sexual delinquency was more likely to be normalized than men’s
C. women’s criminal behavior tended to reflect traditional gender roles
D. all of the above

A. can impair and undermine organized social life
B. increases our willingness to play our roles
C. increases our willingness to contribute to the larger social enterprise
D. enhances our trust of one another

A. Source of power
B. Source of help
C. control device
D. None of these

A. structural strain theory
B. social control theory
C. differential association theory
D. Each of these theories explains the situation equally well

A. the use of corporal punishment by employers
B. excluding women from participating in waged labor
C. punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal
D. making routine tasks less monotonous

A. Only by individuals
B. Only by groups
C. By individual or by entire group
D. None of these

A. it is less predictable than previous manifestations
B. it has ambitions that are global in scope
C. it is rooted in religious ideologies
D. it concerns local territorial disputes

A. Social background
B. Social Order
C. Social stratification
D. None of these