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The major weakness of the Canadian Uniform Crime Reports system is that it focuses on only violations of federal laws, and ignores violations of provincial statutes. Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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Which perspective asserts that people are sometimes exposed to cultural goals that they are unable to obtain because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving them?

A) the conflict perspective
B) the symbolic interactionist perspective
C) the functionalist perspective
D) the social control perspective

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Feminist theorists feel that women who violate the law are not "criminal women" but constructed as "criminalized women."

Define and distinguish between primary and secondary deviance. Be sure to include real-life examples.

According to Merton, innovation is one tactic used by people to commit crimes when they are under strain.

According to strain theory, people commit deviant acts when they are exposed to cultural goals that they cannot obtain through approved means.

How are most deviant behaviours in society controlled?

Describe the problems associated with using crime statistics as a source of information about crime.

Identify the basic assumptions of strain theory and offer examples to demonstrate how the theory appears in examples within our society.

List and describe the key elements that make up the social bond in Travis Hirschi's social control theory and offer examples of how this theory is reflected in your society today.

Suppose that Becky, who is under the legal age, orders and is served a drink in a bar. She is not discovered, so she is not labelled. What form of deviance has taken place, according to Edwin Lemert's labelling theory?

Which of the following is a typical form of social control?

According to sociologists, how is deviance relative?

Describe and explain the difference between deviance and crime. Why do sociologists argue that crime and deviance are relative?

Your parents are upset about the new group of peers with whom you are spending time because they feel that this new group of friends is encouraging you to behave in inappropriate and deviant ways. Which theorist developed the theory that best fits this scenario?

What is Edwin Sutherland's theory for the cause of crime?

After witnessing Janet, one of their classmates, get expelled for cheating, the rest of the class decides to follow the rules and not cheat. What principle does this illustrate?

Which of the following best describes how sociologists would define crime?

According to social bond theory, the probability of deviant behaviour increases when a person becomes tied to a deviant subculture.

Joseph is convicted in a court of law for assaulting his wife. He is sentenced to one year in prison and two years of probation following his release. What name does the text give to the action of depriving Joseph of his freedom because of the assault he committed?