SOC2700 Final Exam Prep Questions
and Correct Answers.
In our current university situation, Professors would be considered the authorities and students
would be considered the subjects. Why? - Answer Professors have institutional authority and
students do not.
Law and punishment systems are unjust and designed to control the population under which of
the following? - Answer Capitalism
Crimes like burglary and robbery, and even more violent crimes like assault and murder,
ultimately reproduce the capitalist social structure and therefore are classified by Quinney as: -
Answer Crimes of accommodation
In the John Oliver video about prison privatization, we saw examples of cost cutting on
healthcare and food for prisoners, which has real costs (increased number of deaths in prison;
serving rotten food or running out of food). Which one of the following concepts does this
represent? - Answer Crimes of domination and repression
Which of the following questions is asked by social control theories? - Answer What keeps
individuals from engaging in criminal activity?
Travis Hirschi's version of social control theory posits which of the following as the most
important social bond? - Answer Attachment
Life course perspectives are: - Answer a micro approach to understanding crime
When Ginger and Chandler first met in the coffee house, what type of stigma did Ginger have? -
Answer Discreditable stigma
Jim has recently been released from prison. He is searching for work and permanent housing.
His criminal record is a - Answer Discreditable stigma
Labels are "stickier" (they have more hold, follow you through life more, and have more serious
implications) when they are applied by: - Answer Formal agents of social control (i.e., police,
doctors)
James, an introvert, typically does not engage in any physical activity with his friends and is
considered to be antisocial at school. Moreover, he lacks sympathy for underprivileged
, members of society and is easily embarrassed by others. In this scenario, James shows signs of:
- Answer neuroticism
Sharada has designed a study to analyze physical characteristics of a population of male
criminals in a state prison system. She collects information on the height, weight, body mass
index (BMI), and overall body type of criminals who have committed violent crimes. Which term
is most closely related to the researcher's study? - Answer Somatoyping
The criminal anthropologists who studied the Jukes and the Kallikaks were focusing on: - Answer
Heredity.
Doug commits home burglaries to support his drug habit. He targets homes in gated
communities, because he believes the homeowners will have more valuables for him to steal,
and he only commits crimes when no one is home. Which of the following theories can best
explain Doug's criminal behaviour? - Answer Routine activities theory.
When Hagen says "the relationship between class and crime is class- and crime-specific," what
does he mean? - Answer Various classes are involved in different kinds of criminal behaviour
because they have different opportunities to commit crimes.
Which of the following describes a key critique of how cultural theories of Indigenous
overrepresentation in the justice system understand "culture"? - Answer Cultural theories
assume that Indigenous culture is a calcified relic of the past.
Which of the following provides the basis of a structural explanation of criminal involvement
amongst Indigenous Canadians? - Answer Indigenous Canadians experience more
unemployment and less quality education than the dominant society.
According to Daly (1992), which of the following represents a gendered pathway to crime for
women? - Answer Relationships with violent men
Which of the following findings lend the most support to the role convergence hypothesis? -
Answer Increases in property crime are associated with expanded employment opportunities
for women.
Which of the following is associated with psychoanalytic theory? - Answer Extroversion,
neuroticism, psychoticism
Which of the following terms refers to a personality characteristic associated with sociability,
impulsiveness, and aggression? - Answer Extroversion
and Correct Answers.
In our current university situation, Professors would be considered the authorities and students
would be considered the subjects. Why? - Answer Professors have institutional authority and
students do not.
Law and punishment systems are unjust and designed to control the population under which of
the following? - Answer Capitalism
Crimes like burglary and robbery, and even more violent crimes like assault and murder,
ultimately reproduce the capitalist social structure and therefore are classified by Quinney as: -
Answer Crimes of accommodation
In the John Oliver video about prison privatization, we saw examples of cost cutting on
healthcare and food for prisoners, which has real costs (increased number of deaths in prison;
serving rotten food or running out of food). Which one of the following concepts does this
represent? - Answer Crimes of domination and repression
Which of the following questions is asked by social control theories? - Answer What keeps
individuals from engaging in criminal activity?
Travis Hirschi's version of social control theory posits which of the following as the most
important social bond? - Answer Attachment
Life course perspectives are: - Answer a micro approach to understanding crime
When Ginger and Chandler first met in the coffee house, what type of stigma did Ginger have? -
Answer Discreditable stigma
Jim has recently been released from prison. He is searching for work and permanent housing.
His criminal record is a - Answer Discreditable stigma
Labels are "stickier" (they have more hold, follow you through life more, and have more serious
implications) when they are applied by: - Answer Formal agents of social control (i.e., police,
doctors)
James, an introvert, typically does not engage in any physical activity with his friends and is
considered to be antisocial at school. Moreover, he lacks sympathy for underprivileged
, members of society and is easily embarrassed by others. In this scenario, James shows signs of:
- Answer neuroticism
Sharada has designed a study to analyze physical characteristics of a population of male
criminals in a state prison system. She collects information on the height, weight, body mass
index (BMI), and overall body type of criminals who have committed violent crimes. Which term
is most closely related to the researcher's study? - Answer Somatoyping
The criminal anthropologists who studied the Jukes and the Kallikaks were focusing on: - Answer
Heredity.
Doug commits home burglaries to support his drug habit. He targets homes in gated
communities, because he believes the homeowners will have more valuables for him to steal,
and he only commits crimes when no one is home. Which of the following theories can best
explain Doug's criminal behaviour? - Answer Routine activities theory.
When Hagen says "the relationship between class and crime is class- and crime-specific," what
does he mean? - Answer Various classes are involved in different kinds of criminal behaviour
because they have different opportunities to commit crimes.
Which of the following describes a key critique of how cultural theories of Indigenous
overrepresentation in the justice system understand "culture"? - Answer Cultural theories
assume that Indigenous culture is a calcified relic of the past.
Which of the following provides the basis of a structural explanation of criminal involvement
amongst Indigenous Canadians? - Answer Indigenous Canadians experience more
unemployment and less quality education than the dominant society.
According to Daly (1992), which of the following represents a gendered pathway to crime for
women? - Answer Relationships with violent men
Which of the following findings lend the most support to the role convergence hypothesis? -
Answer Increases in property crime are associated with expanded employment opportunities
for women.
Which of the following is associated with psychoanalytic theory? - Answer Extroversion,
neuroticism, psychoticism
Which of the following terms refers to a personality characteristic associated with sociability,
impulsiveness, and aggression? - Answer Extroversion
