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SOC 3420 Criminology 7-8 | Questions and Answers Social process theories share one basic concept. Which is it? a. All people, regardless of their race, class, or gender, are basically good. b. All people, regardless of their race, class, or gender, have the potential to become delinquents or cri...

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Social process theories share one basic concept. Which is it?

a. All people, regardless of their race, class, or gender, are basically good.
b. All people, regardless of their race, class, or gender, have the potential to become
delinquents or criminals.
c. Criminal behavior is genetic, regardless of race, class, or gender.
d. Lower-class people, regardless of race or gender, are more prone to commit crime.

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

Social control theory suggests that ______.

a. crime occurs when the forces that bind people to society are weakened or broken
b. only males have significant potential to become criminals
c. crime is a learned behavior
d. people become criminals when significant members of society label them as such

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

Social reaction theory suggests that ______.

a. crime occurs when the forces that bind people to society are weakened or broken
b. only males have significant potential to become criminals
c. crime is a learned behavior
d. people become criminals when significant members of society label them as such

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

_________ refers to a style of parenting with parents who are supportive and who
effectively control their children in a noncoercive way.

a. Parent pathology
b. Low frequency parenting
c. Parental efficacy
d. Low coercion parenting

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

All of the following family factors are associated with delinquency except ______.

, a. inconsistent discipline
b. poor parental supervision
c. noncoercive parenting
d. drug abusing parents

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

Adolescents who do not receive affection from their parents during childhood are
______.

a. more likely to be depressed and suicidal as they mature
b. more likely to use illicit drugs and be more aggressive as they mature
c. more likely to suffer mental impairment as they mature
d. more likely to engage in violent crime as they mature

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

Children who fail in school offend more frequently than those who graduate. According
to research on national dropout rates, which of the following group sets has "little more
than a fifty-fifty chance" of graduating high school?

a. White Americans and Italian Americans
b. Hispanic Americans and African Americans
c. Asian Americans and Italian Americans
d. Native Americans and white Americans

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

According to the author, which of the following is accurate regarding why troubled kids
choose delinquent peers?

a. Troubled kids do so because they are not involved in after-school activities.
b. Troubled kids do so because they fail to understand truancy and delinquency laws.
c. Troubled kids do so out of necessity rather than desire.
d. Troubled kids are biologically drawn or attracted to troublemakers.

REFERENCES: Institutions of Socialization

When examining the relationship between delinquent peers and fear of punishment,
____ delinquent peers may outweigh the fear of punishment.

a. loyalty to
b. fear of
c. hostility from
d. skills learned from

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