INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS A+ GRADED
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WGU C273
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WGU C273
According to the textbook, which of the following best characterizes the sociological view of deviance and crime?
They are only deviance and crime in the eye of the beholder.
They are defined differently in different historical periods.
They are easy to define.
They are easy to understand bec...
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - EXAM
2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
, According to the textbook, which of the following best characterizes the sociological view of
deviance and crime?
They are only deviance and crime in the eye of the beholder.
They are defined differently in different historical periods.
They are easy to define.
They are easy to understand because people act in the same ways. - ANS They are defined
differently in different historical periods.
K
According to the textbook, what has increased gender equality resulted in?
C
higher rates of men as victims of crime
higher rates of female offenders
higher rates of male offenders
LO
higher rates of women as victims of crime - ANS higher rates of female offenders
When the Canadian public, lawmakers, and officials in the criminal justice system become
motivated by media-generated heightened fears that crime poses a grave and immediate
danger to society, what are they gripped by?
YC
electoral fever
moral panic
self-fulfilling prophecy
crowd psychology - ANS moral panic
D
Crime statistics have two main shortcomings: much crime is not reported, and victimless crimes
are under-represented.
U
True
False - ANS True
ST
Which theory tells us that adolescents are more prone to deviance and crime than adults
because adolescents have weaker social attachments?
differential association theory
cultural-transmission theory
strain theory
control theory - ANS control theory
According to Merton's strain theory, what are criminals doing when they commit crimes?
They are exhibiting unintelligent and irrational behaviour.
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