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Which of the following is not one of the assumptions on which most socialogical perspectives of crime are built?
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It is possible to predict the specific behavior of an individual member of a given group
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Social ____ refers to institutional arrangements within society's institutions.
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Structure
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________ theories suggest that crime is the end product of factors such as inappropriate socialization and social learning
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Social Process
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Conflict theories see _____ as a fundamental cause of crime.
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The nature of existing power relationships between social groups
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The belief that crime is the result of criteria that have been built into the law by powerful groups is the basis of the _____ perspective on crime
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Political
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The belief that crime is an antisocial act of such a nature that repression is necessary to preserve the existing system of society is the basis of the ______ perspective on crime.
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Sociological
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The psychological perspective sees crime primarily as
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Problem behavior
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Which of the following statements about deviance and crime is/are true?
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Deviant behavior and criminal behavior overlap.
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The first step in any research is to
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Identify a problem
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You want to determine whether allowing inmates to have television in their cells will reduce prison violence. To do this, you measure the rate of violence in the prison, install televisions in all prison cells, and then measure the rate of violence again on month later. Which research design have you used?
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A one-group pretest-posttest design
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______is the process by which individuals are assigned to study groups without biases or differences resulting from selection.
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Randomization
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Asking research subjects to record rates of criminal behavior is an example of the _______ strategy of data gathering.
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Self-reporting
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Which of the following statements would proably not be made by an adherent of the Classical School?
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I believe that forces beyond a person's control can affect his or her choice of criminal or non-criminal behavior.
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Mores, folkways, and laws were terms used by_____
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William Sumner
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An individual who dresses in an unsual way is most likely to be violating a _____of his or her social group.
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Folkway
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