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unit 3 criminology quiz answersCloward and Ohlin argued that some people have greater access to illegal opportunities than
other people. - correct answer-true
Which theory argues that crime is due to social conflict, social change, and a lack of
consensus in the group? - correct answer-social disorganization theory
Criminologists don't believe that the social environment has any effect on crime. - correct
answer-false
In Merton's strain theory, which category involves individuals accepting the societal goal by
using new ways of reaching that goal? - correct answer-innovation
For criminologists, social structure includes only the physical features and landscape of a
place. - correct answer-false
When a group is experiencing a lot of upheaval or social change for some reason, crime may
increase, according to social disorganization theory. - correct answer-true
Secondary deviance is continued deviance. - correct answer-true
With the adaptation of rebellion, people reject both the goal and the means of reaching the
goal, but replace them with different goals and means of reaching them. - correct
answer-true
What are external forces that influence our actions and lives? - correct answer-social
conditions
What theory argues that the causes of crime are located in the social conditions of a society
that empower the wealthy and disenfranchise the poor and others less fortunate? - correct
answer-radical criminology
According to Stark, which area would be most likely to have a high crime rate? - correct
answer-a dense mixed use neighborhood
Differential opportunity theory argues that we all have the same opportunity to commit
crimes, indicating that it is something about the person which determines who becomes a
criminal and who does not. - correct answer-false
Social sickness is also called what? - correct answer-Social Pathology
What is the initial acts of deviance that a person might commit known as? - correct
answer-primary deviance
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