Social Control MCQs

Option A: are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities

Option B: are not very costly compared to the dollar cost of other crimes

Option C: are crimes the average person is less likely to experience than street crime

Option D: usually result in severe punishment for those who are caught

Correct Answer: are committed by relatively affluent people often in the course of business activities ✔

Option A: focus on why individuals engage in deviant behavior

Option B: contend that some acts such as rape are inherently criminal

Option C: contend that labeling people as deviant has no effect on their behavior

Option D: contend that in many cases those labeled deviant identity and pursue a career of deviance

Correct Answer: contend that in many cases those labeled deviant identity and pursue a career of deviance ✔

Option A: the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it

Option B: it must be committed by someone labelled a criminal

Option C: it must involve the violation of a person or property

Option D: the majority of the population must consider the act criminal

Correct Answer: the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it ✔

Option A: emphasize that the values of society serve all members of society

Option B: see the capitalist ruling class as protecting the masses

Option C: argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal

Option D: None of the above reflects the thinking of conflict theorists

Correct Answer: argue that criminal acts are acts which the ruling class brands as criminal ✔

Option A: structural strain theory

Option B: social control theory

Option C: differential association theory

Option D: Each of these theories explains the situation equally well

Correct Answer: differential association theory ✔

Option A: social disorganization

Option B: anomie

Option C: deviance

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: anomie ✔

Option A: operating to favor powerful groups at the expense of others

Option B: an indispensable functional requirement for social survival

Option C: a source of social chaos

Option D: both b and c

Correct Answer: an indispensable functional requirement for social survival ✔

Option A: can impair and undermine organized social life

Option B: increases our willingness to play our roles

Option C: increases our willingness to contribute to the larger social enterprise

Option D: enhances our trust of one another

Correct Answer: can impair and undermine organized social life ✔

Option A: reform

Option B: revenge

Option C: affirmation of moral standards

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: affirmation of moral standards ✔

Option A: the Roman Empire

Option B: Revolutionary France

Option C: Nazi Germany

Option D: the English Civil War

Correct Answer: Revolutionary France ✔

Option A: white-collar crime

Option B: corporate crime

Option C: victimless crime

Option D: organized crime

Correct Answer: corporate crime ✔

A. labelling theory
B. control theory
C. functionalist theory
conflict theory

Correct Answer: labelling theory ✔

Option A: Comte

Option B: Marx

Option C: Weber

Option D: Durkheim

Correct Answer: Durkheim ✔

Option A: poor education

Option B: poor diet

Option C: poor sanitation

Option D: poor housing

Correct Answer: poor education ✔

Option A: access and exchange private information about consumers

Option B: reduce prison overcrowding by the use of electronic tagging

Option C: monitor employees’ activities at work

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: emphasized human relations and employee satisfaction

Option B: increased the amount of power held by managers

Option C: stripped inmates of their previous identities

Option D: isolated people and put them under surveillance

Correct Answer: isolated people and put them under surveillance ✔

Option A: it is committed on a larger often global scale and is well organized

Option B: it is associated with political conflict between states and their citizens

Option C: it can have far-reaching effects upon international relations

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: it has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture

Option B: the most commonly used recreational drug is Ecstasy

Option C: teenage girls are more likely to experiment with hard drugs than teenage boys

Option D: despite a series of moral panics, the use of illegal drugs is very rare

Correct Answer: it has increased and is no longer confined to a hedonistic youth subculture ✔

Option A: the rates of violent crime were similar for men and women

Option B: women’s sexual delinquency was more likely to be normalized than men’s

Option C: women’s criminal behavior tended to reflect traditional gender roles

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: women’s criminal behavior tended to reflect traditional gender roles ✔

Option A: the punishment or stigmatization of deviant acts

Option B: the labelling of an act as deviant through social reactions to it

Option C: the ways in which taking on a deviant role affects future action

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: criminals were socialized underworld of crime

Option B: no act is intrinsically deviant

Option C: biological failings drove some people into crime

Option D: women were less likely to be arrested than men

Correct Answer: biological failings drove some people into crime ✔

Option A: murder

Option B: rape

Option C: robbery

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: consumer fraud

Option B: bribery

Option C: income tax evasion

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: each of the above ✔

Option A: conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling

Option B: labelling theorists conflict functionalist

Option C: functionalists conflict labelling

Option D: conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist

Correct Answer: functionalists conflict labelling ✔

Option A: conformity

Option B: innovation

Option C: ritualism

Option D: rebellion

Correct Answer: conformity ✔

Option A: Richard Quinney

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Edwin Sutherland

Option D: Stanley Milgram

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim ✔

Option A: Richard Quinney

Option B: Edwin Sutherland

Option C: Stanley Milgram

Option D: William Chambliss

Correct Answer: Richard Quinney ✔

Option A: men

Option B: household duties

Option C: other rival women

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: household duties ✔

Option A: Their father’s status

Option B: Marriage

Option C: Their children’s status

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Marriage ✔

Option A: Inconsistent

Option B: Deviant

Option C: Normless

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Deviant ✔

Option A: Opposite to those of upward mobility

Option B: Same

Option C: different from those

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Same ✔

Option A: abnormal behavior

Option B: Criminal behavior

Option C: Social problem

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Criminal behavior ✔

Option A: Danwie

Option B: Communis

Option C: Nessar

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Danwie ✔

Option A: Formal to informal control

Option B: Informal to formal

Option C: General to specialized

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Informal to formal ✔

Option A: Secondary

Option B: Primary

Option C: Both a &

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Primary ✔

Option A: Social norms and traditions

Option B: Law enforcing agencies

Option C: Clan System

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social norms and traditions ✔

Option A: cannot keep “hard core” criminals off the street

Option B: does keep “hard core” criminals off the street

Option C: is an effort to address the problem of one-time criminals

Option D: maximizes effective use of prison bed space

Correct Answer: B. does keep “hard core” criminals off the street ✔

Option A: police

Option B: military

Option C: prisons

Option D: courts

Correct Answer: military ✔

Option A: Why are people deviant?

Option B: why are people not deviant?

Option C: How does labeling contribute to deviance?

Option D: How does structural strain contribute to deviance

Correct Answer: why are people not deviant? ✔

Option A: conformist

Option B: innovator

Option C: ritualist

Option D: retreatist

Correct Answer: innovator ✔

Option A: conformity with norms

Option B: internalization of norms

Option C: the structure of social experience

Option D: formal and informal sanctions

Correct Answer: conformity with norms ✔

Option A: fear of reprisal

Option B: dislike of the police

Option C: too trivial for the police

Option D: best dealt with privately

Correct Answer: too trivial for the police ✔

Option A: Deviant behavior is an anomaly in social life

Option B: Deviance is a property conferred upon particular behaviors by social definitions

Option C: Deviance exists independently of a culture’s norms

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Deviance is a property conferred upon particular behaviors by social definitions ✔

Option A: it is less predictable than previous manifestations

Option B: it has ambitions that are global in scope

Option C: it is rooted in religious ideologies

Option D: it concerns local territorial disputes

Correct Answer: it has ambitions that are global in scope ✔

Option A: restorative justice

Option B: zero tolerance

Option C: target hardening

Option D: deterrent sentencing

Correct Answer: zero tolerance ✔

Option A: conformists

Option B: innovators

Option C: ritualists

Option D: retreatists

Correct Answer: innovators ✔

Option A: criminality

Option B: deviance

Option C: recidivism

Option D: degeneracy

Correct Answer: deviance ✔

Option A: social integration

Option B: lifestyle choices

Option C: social inequality

Option D: work patterns

Correct Answer: social integration ✔

Option A: the use of corporal punishment by employers

Option B: excluding women from participating in waged labor

Option C: punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal

Option D: making routine tasks less monotonous

Correct Answer: punctuality uninterrupted work and the threat of dismissal ✔

Option A: white collar crime

Option B: organized crime

Option C: non-criminal deviance

Option D: global terrorism

Correct Answer: organized crime ✔

Option A: it involves only small amounts of money

Option B: the proletariat can outsmart the bourgeoisie

Option C: the police turn a blind eye to corporate crime

Option D: it goes undetected in the context of everyday business transactions

Correct Answer: it goes undetected in the context of everyday business transactions ✔

Option A: people are socialized into a life of crime by associating with others who define it in positive terms

Option B: the majority of crime is committed by middle class people in professional occupations

Option C: those who were arrested and charged with theft did not define themselves as thieves

Option D: the most dangerous criminals on the street were those who were highly skilled thieves

Correct Answer: people are socialized into a life of crime by associating with others who define it in positive terms ✔

Option A: recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior

Option B: seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character

Option C: the first step in establishing a deviant career

Option D: attributed to the persons genetic or anatomical make up

Correct Answer: seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character ✔

Option A: hate crimes violence against ethnic minorities simply because of their race

Option B: institutional racism systematic forms of disadvantage built into the routines and practices of social institutions

Option C: overt racism in the police force that must be tackled by institutional reforms

Option D: growing numbers of asylum seekers in need of long-term accommodation

Correct Answer: institutional racism systematic forms of disadvantage built into the routines and practices of social institutions ✔

Option A: the Per row principle

Option B: the Peter principle

Option C: the school principal

Option D: normal accidents

Correct Answer: normal accidents ✔

Option A: white-collar crimes

Option B: violent crimes against people

Option C: “victimless” crimes

Option D: organized crime

Correct Answer: C. “victimless” crimes ✔

Option A: Robert Merton

Option B: Emile Durkhieim

Option C: Howard S Becker

Option D: Edwin Sutherland

Correct Answer: Edwin Sutherland ✔

Option A: Richard Quinney

Option B: Edwin Sutherland

Option C: Stanley Milgram

Option D: William Chambliss

Correct Answer: Richard Quinney ✔

Option A: William Chambliss

Option B: Emile Durkheim

Option C: Richard Quinney

Option D: Stanley Milgram

Correct Answer: Emile Durkheim ✔

Option A: techniques of neutralization

Option B: deviance

Option C: cultural transmission

Option D: sanctions

Correct Answer: sanctions ✔

Option A: Only by individuals

Option B: Only by groups

Option C: By individual or by entire group

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: By individual or by entire group ✔

Option A: Quite different

Option B: all alike

Option C: Growing more nearly alike

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Growing more nearly alike ✔

Option A: Status of women in society

Option B: Status of their husbands

Option C: Both a and b

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Status of their husbands ✔

Option A: Open

Option B: Broad

Option C: closed

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: closed ✔

Option A: Inconsistent society

Option B: Incoherent society

Option C: Anomic Society

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Anomic Society ✔

Option A: Obedient

Option B: Abnormal

Option C: Deviant

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Deviant ✔

Option A: Source of power

Option B: Source of help

Option C: control device

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: control device ✔

Option A: Primary groups

Option B: Secondary groups

Option C: In social settings

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Primary groups ✔

Option A: Self-discipline

Option B: Egoist behavior

Option C: Need for group acceptance

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Need for group acceptance ✔

Option A: Social background

Option B: Social Order

Option C: Social stratification

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Social Order ✔