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) ?

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Mobility of women was usually decided in the past through ?

A. Status of women in society B. Status of their husbands C. Both a and b D. None of these...

The Macpherson Report highlighted the increasing problem of_____________?

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...

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...

________________ 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...

Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?

A. labelling theory B. control theory C. functionalist theory conflict theory...