Sociology - Deviance & Crime

Which of the following is true concerning deviant behavior?

• Primary deviance usually leads to secondary deviance.
• What is considered deviant in one society may not be considered deviant in another society.
• Deviant behavior is also illegal behavior.
• Adults learn deviant behavior more quickly than children.

Students in George’s sixth-grade class avoid him because they know his father is in prison for auto theft. This is an example of

• ritualism
• rebellion.
• a stigma.
• attachment.

A computer operator figures out a way to steal from the bank where he works by sending money to
a secret account. This is an example of

• retreatism.
• control theory.
• labeling theory.
• white-collar crime.

The police, courts, and prisons are all part of

• the criminal justice system.

• control theory

• recidivism.

• retreatism.

Prostitution and gambling are considered examples of this type of crime:

• White collar crime

• Capital crime

• Victimless Crime

Crime statistics can be misleading because...

• They only include crimes reported to, and reported by, the police.

• They are made up numbers.

• It takes too long to get all of the information compiled.

An example of a white-collar crime would be...

• Drug dealing

• Arson

• Car theft

• Tax fraud

Formal sanctions are...

• rewards or punishments that are given by a formal organization or regulatory body, such as the government, or school.

• rewards or punishments from friends or family used to enforce conformity to norms

• threats of punishment used to enforce conformity

• written formal letters delivered to you to say how unpleasant you have been

A spontaneous expression of approval or disapproval given by an individual or a group (friends, family, etc.) is considered to be a ____________.

• Positive Sanction

• Formal Sanction

• Informal Sanction

• Formal Sanction

Deviance can be best described as...

• Behavior that violates social norms

• crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations

• the violation of a society's formally enacted criminal law

• repeated criminal behavior