________________ 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 ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which sociological perspective examines human activities on the micro level by focusing on how day-to-day social behavior is shaped by the distinctive norms, values and demands of a particular society ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. None of these

2. To a major degree the study of deviant behavior is the study of________________?

   A. abnormal behavior
   B. Criminal behavior
   C. Social problem
   D. None of these

3. Prohibiting intermarriage across ethnic groups the physical separation of groups and restrictions on contact between ethnic groups are examples of______________?

   A. resource allocation
   B. ethnocentrism
   C. discrimination
   D. group closure

4. Critics of the spread of Western cultural products across the globe argue that a cultural empire has been created What term do they use to describe this ____________?

   A. media saturation
   B. media globalization
   C. media penetration
   D. media imperialism

5. In modern society people belong to so many groups that a number of their in-group and out-group relationships overlap It has given the members of society a wide spectrum of___________?

   A. behavior learning
   B. socialization
   C. both a & b
   D. None of these

6. What is defined as non-conformity to a given set of norms that are accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society ?

   A. criminality
   B. deviance
   C. recidivism
   D. degeneracy

7. Early theories of collective behavior emphasized ________ a view that crowd behavior is like a mental illness that a person cannot resist ?

   A. contagion
   B. convention
   C. group thinks
   D. expressiveness
   E. reformation

8. The social condition in which people find it difficult to guide their behavior by norms they experience as weak unclear or conflicting is called______________?

   A. social disorganization
   B. anomie
   C. deviance
   D. none of the above

9. Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful ?

   A. Richard Quinney
   B. Edwin Sutherland
   C. Stanley Milgram
   D. William Chambliss

10. Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful ?

    A. Richard Quinney
    B. Edwin Sutherland
    C. Stanley Milgram
    D. William Chambliss