Question 41 Social Control

____ see standards of deviance as simply reflecting cultural norms, while ____ and ____ theorists argue that powerful groups shape laws and decide who is, or is not, prosecuted as a criminal. Which option fills the blanks?

Correct answer C. Functionalists, conflict, labelling

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Question 44 Social Control

What did the work of Carol Smart suggest?

Correct answer C. Women’s criminal behaviour tended to reflect traditional gender roles

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Question 45 Social Control

What do patterns of drug use in Britain show?

Correct answer C. It has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture

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Question 52 Social Control

In what way is deviance dysfunctional?

Correct answer D. Can impair and undermine organised social life

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Question 53 Social Control

How do functionalists view social control?

Correct answer C. An indispensable functional requirement for social survival

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Question 55 Social Control

Fred is a bright student who made the honour roll last year. This year he began spending time with friends who prefer video games to studying and routinely earn Cs and Ds. Gradually Fred stops doing homework and extra-credit work, leaves his honours classes, and his grades fall from mostly As to Cs. Which theory of deviance best explains this?

Correct answer B. Differential association theory

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Question 56 Social Control

What do conflict theorists argue about crime?

Correct answer B. Argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal

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Question 57 Social Control

What must happen for a deviant act to be classed as a crime?

Correct answer D. The state must undertake a political process of criminalising it

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Question 58 Social Control

What do labelling theorists argue?

Correct answer D. Contend that in many cases those labelled deviant adopt that identity and pursue a career of deviance

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Question 59 Social Control

Which statement about white-collar and corporate crime is correct?

Correct answer D. Are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities

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