SYG 2000 UCF EXAM 2 LATEST ACTUAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
deviance - ANSWER: behaviors or practices met with disapproval because they
differ from general norm
crime - ANSWER: an act punishable by law, you've broken the law in some way
pluralistic society - ANSWER: different groups of people in society with different
ideas of what is acceptable (ex: polygamy)
phrenology - ANSWER: biological perspective theory that the skull shapes of
deviant individuals differ from those of nondeviants
atavisms - ANSWER: biological perspective: idea that you can identify criminal and
non-criminal body features (large ears, lips, long arms) and deviant people are
more like primitive humans
nature via nurture - ANSWER: idea the nature works with nurture, you are born
with certain characteristics but still depends on your socialization
parent child studies - ANSWER: identical twins likely to engage in same amount of
deviance, treated the same because they look the same, children who are adopted
are more likely to engage in criminal behavior similar to their biological parents
robert merton strain theory - ANSWER: conformity: most people conform
ritualism: just trying to survive in day to day life
retreatism: not engaging in proper behavior
rebellion: trying to create new cultural goals
differential opportunity theory - ANSWER: legitimate and illegitimate means, can
depend on race, gender, social groups (ex: don't think you can get a good job out
of college so you start dealing drugs)
control theory of social bonds - ANSWER: attachment: bonds you create with your
family and peers
involvement: how involved you are to conforming activities
commitment: how committed you are to conforming behavior (school)
belief: how much you believe in laws that we have in place
sub cultural theory - ANSWER: Elijah Anderson went to Philly, lived in a low income
neighborhood and learned that when these people are unable to achieve goals
they find other ways to achieve success
, class dominant theory - ANSWER: those in dominant power want to protect their
interests and control changes, must have a lot of money to make laws (crack-
cocaine laws)
feminism - ANSWER: majority of research done by and about males, not jus about
gender inequality, females were engaging in deviance because they are more
stigmatized
labeling theory - ANSWER: theory that we have socially constructed deviant
behavior
primary deviance - ANSWER: first initial act of deviant behavior
secondary deviance - ANSWER: once we've placed a label on someone as being a
deviant, we're expecting them to behave in that way so they do
differential association theory - ANSWER: favorable vs. Unfavorable definitions of
crime - if you have more favorable definitions of crime, if you think it's okay why
wouldn't you do it
everyday - ANSWER: type of deviance (ex: vegetarianism)
sexual - ANSWER: type of deviance: ideas of what are acceptable are changing,
NOT uncommon for you to sleep with multiple partners before marriage, ex: incest
deviance of the powerful - ANSWER: type of deviance: white collar crime, breaking
laws and getting away with it because they have the money to do so
criminal - ANSWER: Type of deviance: types of crimes - organized (drug dealing),
violent (makes up smallest %), mafia, black market, prostitution, poverty, state
crime by government officials (Watergate, bribes)
social power - ANSWER: the ability to asset any sort of social control over someone
informal social control - ANSWER: when unofficially you're able to sanction
deviance in a unofficial setting (mom grounding you)
rising prison population - ANSWER: mandatory/minimums: certain types of crime
get a stricter sentence
3 strikes law: 5-10-25 to life if you have a gun when arrested
war on drugs: people being arrested are street dealers who don't have much
power at all
relationship between race, ethnicity and criminal deviance - ANSWER: law
enforcement is focussed on areas where minorities live
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
deviance - ANSWER: behaviors or practices met with disapproval because they
differ from general norm
crime - ANSWER: an act punishable by law, you've broken the law in some way
pluralistic society - ANSWER: different groups of people in society with different
ideas of what is acceptable (ex: polygamy)
phrenology - ANSWER: biological perspective theory that the skull shapes of
deviant individuals differ from those of nondeviants
atavisms - ANSWER: biological perspective: idea that you can identify criminal and
non-criminal body features (large ears, lips, long arms) and deviant people are
more like primitive humans
nature via nurture - ANSWER: idea the nature works with nurture, you are born
with certain characteristics but still depends on your socialization
parent child studies - ANSWER: identical twins likely to engage in same amount of
deviance, treated the same because they look the same, children who are adopted
are more likely to engage in criminal behavior similar to their biological parents
robert merton strain theory - ANSWER: conformity: most people conform
ritualism: just trying to survive in day to day life
retreatism: not engaging in proper behavior
rebellion: trying to create new cultural goals
differential opportunity theory - ANSWER: legitimate and illegitimate means, can
depend on race, gender, social groups (ex: don't think you can get a good job out
of college so you start dealing drugs)
control theory of social bonds - ANSWER: attachment: bonds you create with your
family and peers
involvement: how involved you are to conforming activities
commitment: how committed you are to conforming behavior (school)
belief: how much you believe in laws that we have in place
sub cultural theory - ANSWER: Elijah Anderson went to Philly, lived in a low income
neighborhood and learned that when these people are unable to achieve goals
they find other ways to achieve success
, class dominant theory - ANSWER: those in dominant power want to protect their
interests and control changes, must have a lot of money to make laws (crack-
cocaine laws)
feminism - ANSWER: majority of research done by and about males, not jus about
gender inequality, females were engaging in deviance because they are more
stigmatized
labeling theory - ANSWER: theory that we have socially constructed deviant
behavior
primary deviance - ANSWER: first initial act of deviant behavior
secondary deviance - ANSWER: once we've placed a label on someone as being a
deviant, we're expecting them to behave in that way so they do
differential association theory - ANSWER: favorable vs. Unfavorable definitions of
crime - if you have more favorable definitions of crime, if you think it's okay why
wouldn't you do it
everyday - ANSWER: type of deviance (ex: vegetarianism)
sexual - ANSWER: type of deviance: ideas of what are acceptable are changing,
NOT uncommon for you to sleep with multiple partners before marriage, ex: incest
deviance of the powerful - ANSWER: type of deviance: white collar crime, breaking
laws and getting away with it because they have the money to do so
criminal - ANSWER: Type of deviance: types of crimes - organized (drug dealing),
violent (makes up smallest %), mafia, black market, prostitution, poverty, state
crime by government officials (Watergate, bribes)
social power - ANSWER: the ability to asset any sort of social control over someone
informal social control - ANSWER: when unofficially you're able to sanction
deviance in a unofficial setting (mom grounding you)
rising prison population - ANSWER: mandatory/minimums: certain types of crime
get a stricter sentence
3 strikes law: 5-10-25 to life if you have a gun when arrested
war on drugs: people being arrested are street dealers who don't have much
power at all
relationship between race, ethnicity and criminal deviance - ANSWER: law
enforcement is focussed on areas where minorities live
