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10th -
12thgrade
GCSE Sociology: Crime and Deviance Revision
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the sociological definition of deviance?
When someone breaks a law
The written rules of society.
Breaking the norms of society
Being very naughty
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is anomie?When society does not provide enough ways for people to be successful therefore people feel frustrated and turn to crimeWhen society does provide enough ways for people to be successful therefore people feel frustrated and turn to crimeWhen society does not provide enough ways for people to be successful therefore people feel frustrated and turn to danceA cartoon
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the chivalry thesis?The belief that the police and courts, are more strict on males and easier on women.The belief that police and the courts are more strict on females and easier on malesThe belief that police and the courts treat both genders exactly the sameThe belief in knights in shining armour are awesome
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat do functionalists think about crime in society?need to have crime so you know where boundaries arecrime is terribleCrime disrupts society too muchneed crime so the police can have a job
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is amplification of deviance?media makes a crime seem more commonmedia makes a crime see less commonloud crimenot having enough money
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following is NOT an internet crime
Identity theft
Illegal online trade
Sending spam emails
Spreading malwares
- 7. Multiple Choice
Sociologically define formal control (social control agents)
One authoritative figure who has full power & control
A group of people who have decided to take formal control
Official authority figures who have a little power & control
Official authority figures with the power to impose sanction
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the 4 deviant responses outlined in strain theory would describe someone who acts like they want to succeed, but doesn't actually make an effort?RebellionRetreatismRitualismInnovation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe police and judicial courts are both part ofthe criminal justice system.control theoryrecidivism.retreatism.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIt is so important to Chris to appear successful to others that he begins stealing goods from the
warehouse where he works and reselling them to obtain money. What is this an example of?ritualismconformityinnovationretreatism - 11. Multiple ChoiceA 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 ofretreatism.control theory.labeling theory.white-collar crime. - 12. Fill in the Blank
Crime and deviance is s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . This means what counts as crime and deviance depends on the time, the place and the context in which that act happens.
- 13. Multiple Choice
a theory that examines social and economic factors as the causes of criminal deviance
conflict theory
control theory
cultural deviance theory
labeling theory
- 14. Multiple Choice
a theory that addresses the relationship between having socially acceptable goals and having socially acceptable means to reach those goals
labeling theory
strain theory
differential association theory
cultural deviance theory
- 15. Multiple Choice
crime committed by white-collar workers in a business environment
hate crime
nonviolent crime
street crime
corporate crime
- 16. Multiple Choice
sanctions that are officially recognized and enforced
deviance
criminal justice
formal sanctions
informal sanctions
- 17. Multiple Choice
sanctions that occur in face-to-face interactions
deviance
criminal justice
formal sanctions
informal sanctions
- 18. Multiple Choice
punishments for violating norms
formal sanctions
informal sanctions
negative santions
positive sanctions
- 19. Multiple Choice
rewards given for conforming to norms
formal sanctions
informal sanctions
negative sanctions
positive sanctions
- 20. Multiple Choice
attacks based on a person’s race, religion, or other characteristics
nonviolent crime
corporate crime
hate crime
street crime
- 21. Multiple Choice
All deviance is crime
True
False
- 22. Multiple Choice
Crime is defined as...
a judgement of character
an act that violates the law
behaving in socially accepted ways
not coming to class on time
- 23. Multiple Choice
Robert Merton's theory of deviance; the idea that deviance is based upon society's value of certain goals but that not everyone has the means to achieve those goals is known as
control theory
conflict theory
strain theory
differential association
- 24. Multiple Choice
Theory in which the person is deemed deviant by society and they accept the idea that they are a deviant person; they will attempt to live-up to the expectation of deviance
control theory
conflict theory
differential association
labeling theory
- 25. Multiple Choice
A negative label that devalues a person and changes his or her self-concept and social identity is known as
conformity
criminologists
stigma
sanctions
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT part of the criminal justice system?
police
people who are caught violating the law
court system
correctional institutions
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which sociologists studied Seattle in the 1970's and found that some of the most powerful people used their power to commit crimes.
Edwin Sutherland
William Chambliss
Charles Murray
Stuart Hall
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which sociologist argued that the media create moral panic over subcultural groups - mods and rockers in 1964?
Talcott Parsons
Ann Oakley
Paul Gilroy
Stanley Cohen
- 29. Multiple Choice
What term describe people wanting to own the latest and best products?
Big spenders
Capitalism
Marxism
consumerism
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which sociologist argued that parenting and social control of females is stricter for females than for boys.
Frances Heidensohn
Pat Carlen
Talcott Parsons
Stanley Cohen
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