Deviance Check For Understanding

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.

Behavior that violates significant social norms is called

• defiance

• deviance

• rebellion

• conflict

This theory states that deviance results from the tension between society's goals and the available means to achieve them.

• conflict theory

• strain theory

• labeling theory

• differential association theory

When someone commits crime to enrich themselves because they don't have access to the socially acceptable means of accumulating wealth, which theory is in play?

• social disorganization theory

• social control theory

• strain theory

• conflict theory

The theory that compliance with social norms requires strong bonds between individuals and society is called...

• Control Theory
• Labeling Theory
• Differential Association Theory
• Conflict Theory

All deviance is a crime

• true

• false

Criminal behavior is a result of class conflict.

• Social process theory

• Social conflict theory

• Control theory

• Strain theory

True or false: all cultures tend to have the same idea of what counts as deviant behavior.

• True

• False

This theory focuses on how those who possess social and economic power are those that define deviance.

• Labeling Theory

• Structural Strain Theory

• Conflict Theory

• Functionalism

Individuals who accept society’s approved goals but not society’s approved means to get them are called

• conformists.

• innovators.

• ritualists.

• retreatists.