Which of these is a concept associated with Left Realist explanations of criminal subcultures?
(a) social exclusion
(b) individual pathology
(c) political marginalization
(d) relative deprivation
Criminology
What is Howard Becker’s famous definition of deviance?
(a) deviant behaviour is behaviour that is labelled so by the law
(b) deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label
(c) deviant behaviour is that labelled by the perpetrators
(d) deviant behaviour is that which causes public offence
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Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work?
(a) normlessness
(b) meaninglessness
(c) social strain
(d) social adaptation
Which of the following statements about crime and deviance is false?
(a) the concept of ‘deviance’ is much broader than ‘crime’
(b) deviance and crime very often overlap
(c) the concept of deviance can be applied to individuals and groups
(d) deviance is normally sanctioned by law
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Which of the following illustrates a legal defense to criminal liability?
(a) duress
(b) entrapment
(c) self-defense
(d) a, b, and c are all correct.
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Mala in se crimes are:
(a) more serious in comparison with mala prohibita crimes.
(b) wrong only because they are prohibited by law.
(c) those that violate contemporary standards only.
(d) a, b, and c are all incorrect.
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Law in the United States has its origins in:
(a) Native American custom.
(b) the Spanish empire.
(c) Greco-Roman society.
(d) English common law
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________theory derives from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
(a) Interactionist
(b) Social disorganization
(c) Consensus
(d) Conflict
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According to the text, deviance is:
(a) a quality of a behavior itself.
(b) absolute.
(c) a relative concept.
(d) the same as crime.
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Who developed the anomie theory of deviance?
(a) Talcott Parsons
(b) Edwin Sutherland
(c) Emile Durkheim
(d) Robert K. Merton
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