Sociology Final Exam Study Test.
The term capital punishment refers to - CORRECT ANSWER the death penalty
________ refers to blemishes that discredit a person's claim to a "normal" identity. - CORRECT ANSWER stigma
Shaming is - CORRECT ANSWER starting to make a comeback
The system of po...
Sociology Final Exam Study Test.
The term capital punishment refers to - CORRECT ANSWER the death penalty
________ refers to blemishes that discredit a person's claim to a "normal" identity. - CORRECT ANSWER
stigma
Shaming is - CORRECT ANSWER starting to make a comeback
The system of police, courts, and prisons set up to deal with people who are accused of having
committed a crime is known as - CORRECT ANSWER the criminal justice system
In control theory, how many control systems are in place to work against our tendencies to deviate? -
CORRECT ANSWER two
There are a variety of ways to approach deviance. ________ look for answers within individuals, such as
a possible genetic predisposition to deviance. - CORRECT ANSWER sociobiologists
In strain theory, institutionalized means are - CORRECT ANSWER approved ways to reaching cultural
goods
Women commit about _________ murders, but make up only ________ of death row inmates. -
CORRECT ANSWER 10%, 2%
____________ the decision to arrest someone or even to ignore a matter, is a routine part of police
work. - CORRECT ANSWER police discretion
Conflict theorists view the criminal justice system as - CORRECT ANSWER a tool designed by the
powerful to maintain their power and privlege
In the medicalization of deviance, deviance becomes a symptom of some underlying illness that
demands treatment by - CORRECT ANSWER physicians
, The United States has 5% of the world's population and about ________ of the world's prisoners. -
CORRECT ANSWER 25%
Edward Sutherland used the term _______ to indicate that people who associate with some groups
learn an excess of definitions of deviance, increasing the likelihood that they will become deviant. -
CORRECT ANSWER differential association
According to functionalists, deviance ________ social unity. - CORRECT ANSWER encourages
In prison, _________ of inmates have less than a high-school education. In the U.S. population over 18
years of age, _________ of people have less than a high-school education. - CORRECT ANSWER 30.6%,
12.4%
________ violate(s) rules that are written into law. - CORRECT ANSWER Crime
When judges assign youthful offenders to social workers and counselors, rather than sending them to
reform school or jail, they are using diversion, which testifies to the power of - CORRECT ANSWER
labeling theory
_________ states that the labels people are given affect their own and others' perceptions of them, thus
channeling their behavior into either deviance or conformity. - CORRECT ANSWER Labeling theory
Psychologists look at _________ as a possible cause of deviance. - CORRECT ANSWER personality
disorders
About _________ of all those in prison have a father, mother, brother, sister, or spouse who has also
served time in prison. - CORRECT ANSWER one-half
Executives who are responsible for harm caused by creating pollution, manipulating prices, or making
unsafe products can usually - CORRECT ANSWER bypass the courts altogether
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