COHN COMPILED FINAL STUDY
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS (ALREADY PASSED)
What is the psychology of a young person who is unemployed and economically
desperate? - Answer-thinks "I have no future"
What is the psychology of a young person who sees everyone around him unemployed
and economically desperate? - Answer-thinks "we have no future"
Psychology of a young person who has no future and is desperate? - Answer--
members of violent gangs in the U.S. often justify their actions with the sincere claim of
"I am going to be dead soon anyway"
You don't have to be poor to feel this way - Answer-- if you are young and don't see a
future for yourself
- if you are young and see a massively corrupt world that is making people worse off
The ecological crisis (most important ecological trend today) - Answer-- the desert is
expanding: this is destroying the livelihood of people who live in the villages in its path
- much of the land in the Middle East is semiarid (these systems are very fragile)
- semiarid: partially dry (get less than 20 inches of rain a year)
- whole villages have been destroyed
How were agriculture and herding destroyed in the ecological crisis? - Answer-1.
population growth led to larger herds
2. herds ate the ground cover
3. no ground cover led to loss of water
4. agriculture and herding was destroyed
Where do the residents of the destroyed villages go? - Answer-they move to urban
slums to try to survive
Semiarid - Answer-- ex. Somalia in Africa and Syria in the Middle East
- associated with almost every names terrorist group you can think of
,For ISIS to obtain full political control - Answer-they must STOP Syrian migration to
Europe and the U.S. because it is one of the few things that hurts them
As long as rentier states exist and the ecological crisis exists - Answer-there will be
terrorism
The only cure is - Answer-- sustainable development
- seems very unlikely to happen with rentier governments and ongoing warfare
What is the main finding of Ted Gurr's study? - Answer-The homicide rate in England
had a steep decline from the middle ages to now
What is the ranking of men and women both white and black for their risk of violence? -
Answer-Black males
Black females
White males
White females
Rapes are committed most commonly by - Answer-someone you know, not casual but
well known (ex. bf/gf, ex bf/ex gf, friends, people with whom you have informal business
deals with)
People associated with the Durkheimian theory model of crime - Answer-Troy Duster
Sampson and Laub
People associated with the poverty model of crime - Answer-Sampson- concentrated
disadvantage
People associated with the marginalism model of crime - Answer-Wolfgang and
Fercutes
People associated with the differential association model of crime - Answer-Sutherland
People associated with the deterrence model of crime - Answer-Nagin and Paternoster
People associated with the incapacitation model of crime - Answer-Winemut but see
Todd Clear
People associated with the preventative policing model of crime - Answer-Sherman
People associated with the gun control model of crime - Answer-Gary Kleck
What is the primary finding of the research of Gary Kleck? - Answer-CHECK READING
Big causes of tfr generally decreasing overtime - Answer-1. great female labor force
participation
, 2. urbanization: fewer children needs for farms
3. increased education
4. decreased infant mortality
5. higher status for women
6. increase in contraception
7. greater availability of abortions
8. fertility control policies of government in poor countries
Big effect on society of tfr generally decreasing overtime - Answer-1. reduced ecological
footprint- less consumption of scarce economic resources
Clearance rate - Answer-Percentage of all crimes that lead to an arrest and a conviction
Official causes of infant mortality declining - Answer-1. improved sanitation: clean water
and modern sewage systems
2. increased food consumption
3. increased medical care
Social stratification - Answer-how society gets divided (top and bottom)
Stratification - Answer-the study of social inequality
Blau and Duncan study - Answer-KNOW DIAGRAM HAVE TO DRAW ON EXAM
Discrimination - Answer-unequal economic reward for people of equal merit based on
ascriptive circumstances
Control Theory and Juvenile Delinquency - Answer-- Travis Hirschi
- main idea: the bond of social attachments to delinquency
- commitment: just by living in an organized society you are too scared to take actions
that would risk the rewards you get from society
- survey: high school juniors and seniors completed questionnaires and their school
records were looked at. there were 3 parts and police data was used
- the results: socioeconomic status wasn't connected to self reported delinquency, the
more the parents are around the less crime, more communication=less crime, more
similar to parents=less crime, friends who have been picked up by police
increases=crime increase
Sociological Theories of Crime - Answer-- Paul Rock
- main idea: sociological theories of crime
- the Chicago project: showed that crime was concentrated in certain areas. Social
structure in a certain space was a determinate of amount of crimes committed. Most
crimes were committed close to the offenders home
- overall determinations: the more control, less crime and the more routine, less crime
- rational choice theory: anyone with any background can commit a crime if it is going to
directly benefit them
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS (ALREADY PASSED)
What is the psychology of a young person who is unemployed and economically
desperate? - Answer-thinks "I have no future"
What is the psychology of a young person who sees everyone around him unemployed
and economically desperate? - Answer-thinks "we have no future"
Psychology of a young person who has no future and is desperate? - Answer--
members of violent gangs in the U.S. often justify their actions with the sincere claim of
"I am going to be dead soon anyway"
You don't have to be poor to feel this way - Answer-- if you are young and don't see a
future for yourself
- if you are young and see a massively corrupt world that is making people worse off
The ecological crisis (most important ecological trend today) - Answer-- the desert is
expanding: this is destroying the livelihood of people who live in the villages in its path
- much of the land in the Middle East is semiarid (these systems are very fragile)
- semiarid: partially dry (get less than 20 inches of rain a year)
- whole villages have been destroyed
How were agriculture and herding destroyed in the ecological crisis? - Answer-1.
population growth led to larger herds
2. herds ate the ground cover
3. no ground cover led to loss of water
4. agriculture and herding was destroyed
Where do the residents of the destroyed villages go? - Answer-they move to urban
slums to try to survive
Semiarid - Answer-- ex. Somalia in Africa and Syria in the Middle East
- associated with almost every names terrorist group you can think of
,For ISIS to obtain full political control - Answer-they must STOP Syrian migration to
Europe and the U.S. because it is one of the few things that hurts them
As long as rentier states exist and the ecological crisis exists - Answer-there will be
terrorism
The only cure is - Answer-- sustainable development
- seems very unlikely to happen with rentier governments and ongoing warfare
What is the main finding of Ted Gurr's study? - Answer-The homicide rate in England
had a steep decline from the middle ages to now
What is the ranking of men and women both white and black for their risk of violence? -
Answer-Black males
Black females
White males
White females
Rapes are committed most commonly by - Answer-someone you know, not casual but
well known (ex. bf/gf, ex bf/ex gf, friends, people with whom you have informal business
deals with)
People associated with the Durkheimian theory model of crime - Answer-Troy Duster
Sampson and Laub
People associated with the poverty model of crime - Answer-Sampson- concentrated
disadvantage
People associated with the marginalism model of crime - Answer-Wolfgang and
Fercutes
People associated with the differential association model of crime - Answer-Sutherland
People associated with the deterrence model of crime - Answer-Nagin and Paternoster
People associated with the incapacitation model of crime - Answer-Winemut but see
Todd Clear
People associated with the preventative policing model of crime - Answer-Sherman
People associated with the gun control model of crime - Answer-Gary Kleck
What is the primary finding of the research of Gary Kleck? - Answer-CHECK READING
Big causes of tfr generally decreasing overtime - Answer-1. great female labor force
participation
, 2. urbanization: fewer children needs for farms
3. increased education
4. decreased infant mortality
5. higher status for women
6. increase in contraception
7. greater availability of abortions
8. fertility control policies of government in poor countries
Big effect on society of tfr generally decreasing overtime - Answer-1. reduced ecological
footprint- less consumption of scarce economic resources
Clearance rate - Answer-Percentage of all crimes that lead to an arrest and a conviction
Official causes of infant mortality declining - Answer-1. improved sanitation: clean water
and modern sewage systems
2. increased food consumption
3. increased medical care
Social stratification - Answer-how society gets divided (top and bottom)
Stratification - Answer-the study of social inequality
Blau and Duncan study - Answer-KNOW DIAGRAM HAVE TO DRAW ON EXAM
Discrimination - Answer-unequal economic reward for people of equal merit based on
ascriptive circumstances
Control Theory and Juvenile Delinquency - Answer-- Travis Hirschi
- main idea: the bond of social attachments to delinquency
- commitment: just by living in an organized society you are too scared to take actions
that would risk the rewards you get from society
- survey: high school juniors and seniors completed questionnaires and their school
records were looked at. there were 3 parts and police data was used
- the results: socioeconomic status wasn't connected to self reported delinquency, the
more the parents are around the less crime, more communication=less crime, more
similar to parents=less crime, friends who have been picked up by police
increases=crime increase
Sociological Theories of Crime - Answer-- Paul Rock
- main idea: sociological theories of crime
- the Chicago project: showed that crime was concentrated in certain areas. Social
structure in a certain space was a determinate of amount of crimes committed. Most
crimes were committed close to the offenders home
- overall determinations: the more control, less crime and the more routine, less crime
- rational choice theory: anyone with any background can commit a crime if it is going to
directly benefit them
