Practice mode / Crime and Deviance How did Howard Becker famously define deviance? A Option A: Deviant behaviour is that which causes public offence B Option B: Deviant behaviour is that labelled by the perpetrators C Option C: Deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label D Option D: Deviant behaviour is behaviour that is labelled so by the law Correct answer C. Deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label Explanation Becker wrote in Outsiders that deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label, stressing that deviance depends on social reaction rather than the act itself. Show answer Report a problem Answer checked 11 October 2026 · How we write and check questions
Question 01 / Crime and Deviance Crime prevention based on more surveillance, such as CCTV and Neighbourhood Watch, and target hardening, such as car immobilisers and better home security, is known as what? A Option A: Deviance reduction theory B Option B: The new criminology C Option C: Situational crime prevention D Option D: Broken windows theory Correct answer C. Situational crime prevention Show answer Open question
Question 02 / Crime and Deviance Which of these is an example of ‘third generation’ or true cybercrime? A Option A: Theft of goods sold via online auction websites B Option B: The vandalizing of virtual environments C Option C: International drug dealing via email D Option D: The global trade in online pornography Correct answer B. The vandalizing of virtual environments Show answer Open question
Question 03 / Crime and Deviance Who first brought the concept of anomie into sociology? A Option A: Comte B Option B: Weber C Option C: Marx D Option D: Durkheim Correct answer D. Durkheim Show answer Open question
Question 04 / Crime and Deviance Which approach sees deviance as a process of interaction through which a group comes to be defined as deviant, rather than a trait of the group? A Option A: Functionalist theory B Option B: Conflict theory C Option C: Control theory D Option D: Labelling theory Correct answer D. Labelling theory Show answer Open question
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