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QUESTION 19

The view that crime directly results from frustration and anger experienced when the ability to achieve financial or social success is blocked is known as what?

		legitimate disorganization theory
		cultural deviance theory
		strain theory
		Durkheimian theory

QUESTION 20

A teacher corrects the grammar of a young inner city student and tells his parents that he just doesn’t seem to have the “right stuff” for college. Cohen refers to the teacher’s evaluation as an example of

		middle class measuring rods
		culture conflict
		status frustration
		reaction formation

QUESTION 21

Social disorganization theory focuses on which of the following conditions in the urban environment?

		age and ethnic differences
		inadequate social control and deteriorated housing
		frustration and stress levels
		unequal distribution of wealth and power

QUESTION 23

The social disorganization concepts were developed over 80 years ago. Which is still applicable today?

		crime rates are sensitive to the destructive social forces operating in lower-class urban neighborhoods
		crime is a constant feature in poverty areas regardless of racial and/or ethnic make-up
		neighborhood disintegration and the corresponding erosion of social control are primary causes of criminal behavior
		all of these are still applicable today

QUESTION 24

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mechanical society?

		the law is repressive
		a large division of labor
		cultural homogeneity
		a collective conscience

QUESTION 25

According to Durkheim, _____ occurs in a society in which roles of behavior have broken down or become inoperative during periods of rapid social change or social crisis, such as war or famine.

		anomie
		stratification
		gentrification
		transition

Answer 1

19. The correct answer is Option C. This is called the strain theory.

20. The correct answer is Option A. This is referred to as middle class measuring rods.

21. The correct answer is Option B. It focuses on inadequate social control and deteriorated housing.

23. The correct answer is Option B. Crime is a constant feature in poverty areas regardless of racial and/or ethnic make-up.

Please post the other questions separately. As per the answering guidelines we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of the same question.

answered by: anonymous