A. abnormal behavior
B. Criminal behavior
C. Social problem
D. None of these
Related Mcqs:
- ________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?
A. conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling
B. labelling theorists conflict functionalist
C. functionalists conflict labelling
D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist - If a deviant act is normalized it is_______________?
A. recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior
B. seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character
C. the first step in establishing a deviant career
D. attributed to the persons genetic or anatomical make up - Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?
A. labelling theory
B. control theory
C. functionalist theory
conflict theory - In order for a deviant act to be considered a crime______________?
A. the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
B. it must be committed by someone labelled a criminal
C. it must involve the violation of a person or property
D. the majority of the population must consider the act criminal - Deviant is an agent of___________?
A. Change
B. no change
C. neutrality
D. None of these - According to Strain theory, retreatants are likely to engage in what type of deviant activity ?
A. Sexual assault
B. terrorism
C. counterfeiting
D. drug abuse
E. robbery - According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?
A. ritualists
B. ret realists
C. rebels
D. innovators
E. conformists - Which approach holds that deviance is not a feature of a group or individual but a process of interaction through which one group becomes defined as deviant ?
A. labelling theory
B. control theory
C. functionalist theory
D. conflict theory - If a deviant act is ‘normalized’ it is______________?
A. recognized as breaking an important norm of behavior
B. seen a temporary aberration from an otherwise normal character
C. the first step in establishing a deviant career
D. attributed to the person’s genetic or anatomical make up - Urbanism is the study of________________?
A. Cities
B. human communities’ rural areas
C. Transition
D. None of these
