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Chapter 6 Quiz

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According to Walter Reckless, what are the two variables that work against an individual's temptation to engage in deviant behavior?   show
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show retreatism  
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Based on Merton's strain theory, what is the most common reaction to cultural goals and the institutionalized means to meet them? Answer   show
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show When we have strong attachments, commitments, and involvement with society. .  
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show One deviant act leads to another, which increases social solidarity. .  
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One deviant act leads to another, which increases social solidarity. .   show
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Since Frank graduated he has held only part-time jobs. Because he has few marketable skills, he is the first to be laid off when he finds what may be a more permanent position. In view of this, how would a conflict theorist categorize Frank?   show
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Sociobiologists assume that ______________ lead people to such deviances as juvenile delinquency. Answer   show
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show stealing cars; murder  
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What are the unwritten, taken-for-granted "rules" that underlie our everyday lives, such as not yelling "fire" in a crowded classroom or movie theater?   show
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What concept refers to the formal and informal means of enforcing norms?   show
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What do blindness, mental handicaps, obesity, and being "a woman in a man's world" all have in common?   show
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What is the approximate number of prisoners and jail inmates in the United States today? Answer   show
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show serial murder  
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What is the defining quality of hate crimes?   show
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What is the major difference between sociological and psychological theories used to explain deviance? Answer   show
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What is the major difference between white collar crime and street crime? Answer   show
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show social order  
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What term refers to crimes committed by people of respectable and high social status in the course of their occupations?   show
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show norms  
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Which sociological perspective is inclined to view the law as an instrument of repression and a tool designed to maintain the powerful in their privileged positions?   show
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show labeling theory .  
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show Edwin Sutherland .  
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Which technique of neutralization is reflected by the comment, "Who are you to talk?" Answer   show
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