Sociology 2257 - Deviance and Social Control - Final Exam
1. Week 9!:
2. Read this overview of the Tanya Talaga video!: - Discovered a community grappling with the deaths of 7
Indigenous high school students by suicide between 2000 and 2011, which had received little media coverage.
- Experience led Tanya to investigate and write a book on systemic failures of
the government, law enforcement, and the justice system in addressing education, health, and security issues in the
community.
- Emphasizes that for many Indigenous communities, sending their children to high school is not a guaranteed right but
often a choice between survival and education.
- Indigenous youth in Northern Ontario and rural Canada face significant challenges accessing education, with many
located hours away from the nearest high school, exacerbating historical traumas related to residential schools.
- Forced separation from family and ancestral lands due to colonization contributes to the high suicide rates among
Indigenous youth globally.
- Suicide in Indigenous communities occurs in clusters, with profound ripple effects due to their small size, akin to
losing thousands in larger urban centers like Ottawa.
- Combination of factors such as distance to education, strained healthcare systems, housing issues, and inadequate safety
measures contributes to a youth suicide epidemic in these communities.
3. What are some of the key takeaways from Tanya?: - Colonization related to high suicide rates among
youth (and in general) in Indigenous communities worldwide.
- "Rage like a fire through a community."
- Suicides occurring in clusters; wide ripple effects across (often small and rural) communities.
- Need to improve access to physical and mental healthcare, more locally accessible high schools, better community
safety, and more safe and affordable housing.
4. This question will be on the exam!!
, Sociology 2257 - Deviance and Social Control - Final Exam
Which of the following is NOT a reason established in lecture and/or by Tanya Talaga that would help to resolve
the youth suicide epidemic in rural
, Sociology 2257 - Deviance and Social Control - Final Exam
Indigenous communities?
- (a) Improved access to education, especially secondary schools.
- (b) Enhanced healthcare services, particularly with respect to mental health- care.
- (c) Implementing more broadly applied land acknowledgements and restora- tive justice practices.
- (d) Building more affordable and accessible housing.
- (e) Law enforcement and justice system reforms for better responses to safety and security concerns.: - (c)
Implementing more broadly applied land acknowledgements and restorative justice practices.
5. What are the four ways in which we examine delinquency?: - 1. Delinquency as normal.
- 2. Delinquency as a rite of passage.
- 3. Delinquency as time spent.
- 4. Over-inclusiveness of law/policy relating to delinquency.
6. Explain Power Control Theory by Hagan.: Looks to where power is attributed (with reference to patriarchy, for
example) to better understand crime and delinquen- cy.
7. How does the textbook define bullying?
What are its two facets?: - Defined as "the assertion of power through aggression" (p. 175).
- 1. Physical abuse.
- 2. Social emotional abuse.
8. Describe the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS).: - 1997.
- Targets grades 7 - 12.
- Studies drug use, gambling, video gaming, social media use, mental health, physical health, disordered eating,
loneliness, bullying, adolescent attitudes and beliefs on these topics, experiences during COVID-19 public health
restrictions, as well as RISK AND PROTECTIVE factors.
9. Look at the lecture notes doc for tendencies that boys are more likely to engage in vs. girls.:
10.Look at the lecture notes doc for tendencies that increase vs. decrease as grade level goes up.:
11.Describe types of neutralization by Sykes and Matza.: Conceptual tool we can use to better understand
1. Week 9!:
2. Read this overview of the Tanya Talaga video!: - Discovered a community grappling with the deaths of 7
Indigenous high school students by suicide between 2000 and 2011, which had received little media coverage.
- Experience led Tanya to investigate and write a book on systemic failures of
the government, law enforcement, and the justice system in addressing education, health, and security issues in the
community.
- Emphasizes that for many Indigenous communities, sending their children to high school is not a guaranteed right but
often a choice between survival and education.
- Indigenous youth in Northern Ontario and rural Canada face significant challenges accessing education, with many
located hours away from the nearest high school, exacerbating historical traumas related to residential schools.
- Forced separation from family and ancestral lands due to colonization contributes to the high suicide rates among
Indigenous youth globally.
- Suicide in Indigenous communities occurs in clusters, with profound ripple effects due to their small size, akin to
losing thousands in larger urban centers like Ottawa.
- Combination of factors such as distance to education, strained healthcare systems, housing issues, and inadequate safety
measures contributes to a youth suicide epidemic in these communities.
3. What are some of the key takeaways from Tanya?: - Colonization related to high suicide rates among
youth (and in general) in Indigenous communities worldwide.
- "Rage like a fire through a community."
- Suicides occurring in clusters; wide ripple effects across (often small and rural) communities.
- Need to improve access to physical and mental healthcare, more locally accessible high schools, better community
safety, and more safe and affordable housing.
4. This question will be on the exam!!
, Sociology 2257 - Deviance and Social Control - Final Exam
Which of the following is NOT a reason established in lecture and/or by Tanya Talaga that would help to resolve
the youth suicide epidemic in rural
, Sociology 2257 - Deviance and Social Control - Final Exam
Indigenous communities?
- (a) Improved access to education, especially secondary schools.
- (b) Enhanced healthcare services, particularly with respect to mental health- care.
- (c) Implementing more broadly applied land acknowledgements and restora- tive justice practices.
- (d) Building more affordable and accessible housing.
- (e) Law enforcement and justice system reforms for better responses to safety and security concerns.: - (c)
Implementing more broadly applied land acknowledgements and restorative justice practices.
5. What are the four ways in which we examine delinquency?: - 1. Delinquency as normal.
- 2. Delinquency as a rite of passage.
- 3. Delinquency as time spent.
- 4. Over-inclusiveness of law/policy relating to delinquency.
6. Explain Power Control Theory by Hagan.: Looks to where power is attributed (with reference to patriarchy, for
example) to better understand crime and delinquen- cy.
7. How does the textbook define bullying?
What are its two facets?: - Defined as "the assertion of power through aggression" (p. 175).
- 1. Physical abuse.
- 2. Social emotional abuse.
8. Describe the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS).: - 1997.
- Targets grades 7 - 12.
- Studies drug use, gambling, video gaming, social media use, mental health, physical health, disordered eating,
loneliness, bullying, adolescent attitudes and beliefs on these topics, experiences during COVID-19 public health
restrictions, as well as RISK AND PROTECTIVE factors.
9. Look at the lecture notes doc for tendencies that boys are more likely to engage in vs. girls.:
10.Look at the lecture notes doc for tendencies that increase vs. decrease as grade level goes up.:
11.Describe types of neutralization by Sykes and Matza.: Conceptual tool we can use to better understand
