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What is the main difference between biological theories of deviance and crime and sociological approaches?

  • Biological theories focus on visible anatomical features, while sociological approaches focus on social factors
  • Biological theories focus on individual factors, while sociological approaches focus on societal factors (correct)
  • Biological theories focus on inherited traits, while sociological approaches focus on learned behaviors
  • Biological theories focus on brain abnormalities, while sociological approaches focus on personality traits

    • Which theory suggests that criminal tendencies can be identified in children as young as four years old?

  • Labeling theory
  • Functionalist theory
  • Twin studies (correct)
  • Interactionist theory

    • What is anomie according to Durkheim's functionalist theory?

  • A label attached to an individual that overrides all other indicators of status
  • A societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior
  • A state of disorientation and anxiety that leads to non-conformity or deviance (correct)
  • A theory linking certain body types to delinquency and crime

    • What is Merton's strain theory?

    <p>A theory that explains the over-representation of lower working-class groups in the prison population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of labeling perspectives on deviance?

    <p>The social construction of crime and deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between primary and secondary deviance according to Lemert?

    <p>Primary deviance is an initial act of crime or deviance that remains marginal to an individual's self-identity, while secondary deviance is a label attached to the individual that overrides all other indicators of status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the paradox of social control according to labeling theorists?

    <p>The process of learning to be deviant can be controlled by agencies such as prisons, but deviancy amplification can provoke even more deviant behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is moral panic?

    <p>A societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior that is taken as symptomatic of general social disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main argument of conflict theories on crime and deviance?

    <p>Crime and deviance originate from the unequal distribution of power and resources within society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main criticism of labeling perspectives on deviance?

    <p>Focusing on secondary deviance downplays the significance of primary deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is phenology?

    <p>Measuring the shape of the skull to assess personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Lombroso's belief about identifying criminal types?

    <p>By their visible anatomical features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Sheldon's theory of somatotypes?

    <p>Linking certain body types to delinquency and crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is phenology?

    <p>Measuring the shape of the skull to assess personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do twin studies suggest about criminal tendencies?

    <p>They exist in children as young as four years old due to abnormalities in brain makeup</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four social approaches to the nature of crime according to sociologists?

    <p>Functionalist, interactionist, conflict, and control theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Durkheim's concept of anomie?

    <p>Disorientation and anxiety lead to non-conformity or deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Merton's strain theory explain?

    <p>The over-representation of lower working-class groups in the prison population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are primary and secondary deviance according to Lemert?

    <p>Primary deviance is an initial act of crime or deviance that remains marginal to an individual's self-identity, and secondary deviance is where a label becomes attached to the individual and overrides all other indicators of status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is moral panic?

    <p>A term used to describe a societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior that is taken as symptomatic of general social disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the paradox of social control according to labeling theorists?

    <p>The process of learning to be deviant can be controlled by agencies such as prisons, but deviancy amplification can provoke even more deviant behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conflict theories argue about the origin of crime and deviance?

    <p>They originate from the unequal distribution of power and resources within society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Lombroso's theory of criminal types based on?

    <p>An individual's visible anatomical features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is phenology?

    <p>Measuring the shape of the skull to assess personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do twin studies suggest about criminal tendencies?

    <p>Criminal tendencies exist in children as young as four years old due to abnormalities in brain makeup</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four social approaches to the nature of crime?

    <p>Functional, interactionist, conflict, and control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do functionalist theories view crime and deviance as a result of?

    <p>Structural tensions and a lack of regulation within society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do interactionist perspectives focus on?

    <p>The social construction of crime and deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Merton's strain theory?

    <p>The over-representation of lower working-class groups in the prison population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do labeling perspectives interpret deviance as?

    <p>The product of interaction processes between deviant and non-deviant individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is primary deviance according to Lemert?

    <p>An initial act of crime or deviance that remains marginal to an individual's self-identity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is moral panic?

    <p>A societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conflict theories argue about crime and deviance?

    <p>They can be understood only in the context of power and inequality within society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the criticism of labeling perspectives?

    <p>Focusing on secondary deviance downplays the significance of primary deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Lombroso's belief about criminal types?

    <p>Criminal types can be identified by their visible anatomical features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is phenology?

    <p>Measuring the shape of the skull to assess personality traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do twin studies suggest about criminal tendencies?

    <p>Criminal tendencies exist in children as young as four years old due to abnormalities in brain makeup</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the four social approaches to the nature of crime according to sociologists?

    <p>Functionalist, interactionist, conflict, and control theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Durkheim's concept of anomie?

    <p>Disorientation and anxiety lead to non-conformity or deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Merton's strain theory explain?

    <p>The over-representation of lower working-class groups in the prison population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between primary and secondary deviance according to Lemert?

    <p>Primary deviance is an initial act of crime or deviance that remains marginal to an individual's self-identity, while secondary deviance is where a label becomes attached to the individual and overrides all other indicators of status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the paradox of social control according to labeling theorists?

    <p>The process of learning to be deviant can be controlled by agencies such as prisons, but deviancy amplification can provoke even more deviant behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is moral panic?

    <p>A societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior that is taken as symptomatic of general social disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do critics of labeling perspectives argue?

    <p>Certain acts, such as robbery and murder, are intrinsically deviant and that focusing on secondary deviance downplays the significance of primary deviance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do conflict theories argue about crime and deviance?

    <p>Crime and deviance originate from the unequal distribution of power and resources within society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Theories of Deviance and Crime

    • Biological theories of deviance and crime include Lombroso's belief that criminal types could be identified by their visible anatomical features, and Sheldon's theory of somatotypes linking certain body types to delinquency and crime.
    • Phenology involves measuring the shape of the skull to assess personality traits and is still of interest to scientists today.
    • Twin studies suggest that criminal tendencies exist in children as young as four years old due to abnormalities in brain makeup.
    • Sociologists have four social approaches to the nature of crime: functionalist, interactionist, conflict, and control theories.
    • Functionalist theories view crime and deviance as a result of structural tensions and a lack of regulation within society, with Durkheim's concept of anomie explaining how disorientation and anxiety lead to non-conformity or deviance.
    • Interactionist perspectives focus on the social construction of crime and deviance, asking how behaviors come to be defined as deviant and why certain groups are labeled as deviant. Merton's strain theory explains the over-representation of lower working-class groups in the prison population.
    • Labeling perspectives interpret deviance as the product of interaction processes between deviant and non-deviant individuals and emphasize the power structure of society.
    • Lemert introduced the concepts of primary deviance as an initial act of crime or deviance that remains marginal to an individual's self-identity, and secondary deviance where a label becomes attached to the individual and overrides all other indicators of status.
    • The process of learning to be deviant can be controlled by agencies such as prisons, but labeling theorists see this as the paradox of social control, where deviancy amplification can provoke even more deviant behavior.
    • Moral panic is a term used to describe a societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior that is taken as symptomatic of general social disorder.
    • Critics of labeling perspectives argue that certain acts, such as robbery and murder, are intrinsically deviant and that focusing on secondary deviance downplays the significance of primary deviance.
    • Conflict theories argue that crime and deviance originate from the unequal distribution of power and resources within society, with the new criminologists arguing that crime and deviance can be understood only in the context of power and inequality within society.

    Theories of Deviance and Crime

    • Biological theories of deviance and crime include Lombroso's belief that criminal types could be identified by their visible anatomical features, and Sheldon's theory of somatotypes linking certain body types to delinquency and crime.
    • Phenology involves measuring the shape of the skull to assess personality traits and is still of interest to scientists today.
    • Twin studies suggest that criminal tendencies exist in children as young as four years old due to abnormalities in brain makeup.
    • Sociologists have four social approaches to the nature of crime: functionalist, interactionist, conflict, and control theories.
    • Functionalist theories view crime and deviance as a result of structural tensions and a lack of regulation within society, with Durkheim's concept of anomie explaining how disorientation and anxiety lead to non-conformity or deviance.
    • Interactionist perspectives focus on the social construction of crime and deviance, asking how behaviors come to be defined as deviant and why certain groups are labeled as deviant. Merton's strain theory explains the over-representation of lower working-class groups in the prison population.
    • Labeling perspectives interpret deviance as the product of interaction processes between deviant and non-deviant individuals and emphasize the power structure of society.
    • Lemert introduced the concepts of primary deviance as an initial act of crime or deviance that remains marginal to an individual's self-identity, and secondary deviance where a label becomes attached to the individual and overrides all other indicators of status.
    • The process of learning to be deviant can be controlled by agencies such as prisons, but labeling theorists see this as the paradox of social control, where deviancy amplification can provoke even more deviant behavior.
    • Moral panic is a term used to describe a societal overreaction to a certain group or type of behavior that is taken as symptomatic of general social disorder.
    • Critics of labeling perspectives argue that certain acts, such as robbery and murder, are intrinsically deviant and that focusing on secondary deviance downplays the significance of primary deviance.
    • Conflict theories argue that crime and deviance originate from the unequal distribution of power and resources within society, with the new criminologists arguing that crime and deviance can be understood only in the context of power and inequality within society.

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