SOCL 2001 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
A violation of social norms - Answers - deviance
A violation of society's formal laws - Answers - crime
A negative label that devalues a person and changes her or his self-concept and social
identity - Answers - stigma
Interviews people about being crime victims - Answers - victimization survey
A criminal act motivated by hostility toward a particular race, religion, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, gender, or disability - Answers - hate crime
Illegal activities committed by high-status people in the course of their occupations -
Answers - white-collar crime
Corporate crimes are also called what - Answers - organizational crimes
Illegal acts committed by executives to benefit themselves and their companies -
Answers - corporate crimes
Cybercrime is also called - Answers - computer crime
Illegal activities that are conducted online - Answers - cybercrime
Activities of individuals and groups that supply illegal goods and services for profits -
Answers - organized crime
Acts that violate laws but those involved don't consider themselves victims - Answers -
victimless crimes
The condition in which people are unsure how to behave because of absent, conflicting,
or confusing social norms - Answers - anomie
Posits that people may engage in deviant behavior when they experience a conflict
between goals and the means available to obtain the goals - Answers - strain theory
A hierarchical system in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled
by men - Answers - patriarchy
ANSWERS
A violation of social norms - Answers - deviance
A violation of society's formal laws - Answers - crime
A negative label that devalues a person and changes her or his self-concept and social
identity - Answers - stigma
Interviews people about being crime victims - Answers - victimization survey
A criminal act motivated by hostility toward a particular race, religion, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, gender, or disability - Answers - hate crime
Illegal activities committed by high-status people in the course of their occupations -
Answers - white-collar crime
Corporate crimes are also called what - Answers - organizational crimes
Illegal acts committed by executives to benefit themselves and their companies -
Answers - corporate crimes
Cybercrime is also called - Answers - computer crime
Illegal activities that are conducted online - Answers - cybercrime
Activities of individuals and groups that supply illegal goods and services for profits -
Answers - organized crime
Acts that violate laws but those involved don't consider themselves victims - Answers -
victimless crimes
The condition in which people are unsure how to behave because of absent, conflicting,
or confusing social norms - Answers - anomie
Posits that people may engage in deviant behavior when they experience a conflict
between goals and the means available to obtain the goals - Answers - strain theory
A hierarchical system in which cultural, political, and economic structures are controlled
by men - Answers - patriarchy
