SOCI 325 - Midterm 1 (Dumas)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Red Tape - ANSWERS-Excessive bureacracy and adherance to rules
nightmare of the bureaucracy - ANSWERS-Max Weber
Safe Third Country Stipulation - ANSWERS-If a person truly is a
refugee, they fear their life and flee to the first country they find - then
they are stuck there - seems as they are shopping for countries
Defining Crime - ANSWERS-- Most crimininologists have defined
crime as behaviour in violation of the law
Implications of Deviance - ANSWERS--varies across space
- even in the same space definition of deviance changes alot
-socially constructed term - subject to interpretation
-not always harmful to society
When should laws be made? - ANSWERS-when social harm occurs
Classical theory - ANSWERS-laws should be made when social harm
occurs
, When do laws change? - ANSWERS-when social norm changes
Goffredson and Hirshi Definition of Crime - ANSWERS--they define
crime as the use of force and fraud
-Hirschi believes Deviance and Crime are black and white concepts.
-argues a nuclear family is less likely to be involved in deviance and
crime than an "alternative" family.
Downes and Rock - ANSWERS-- banned or controlled behaviour
which is likely to attract punishment or dissaproval
-avoids precise definition
-not black and white
Becker - ANSWERS--Deviance has nothing to do with the quality of
behaviour it is merely a LABEL successfully attached to another
-Socially constructed
Pfohl - ANSWERS-Deviance is a violation of a social norm
When is a social norm violated according to Phlof? - ANSWERS-
When there is a reaction to the behaviour in question and when people
try to modify this behaviour
Positivists - ANSWERS-Use science and observe the world in an
objective way - principle of science
EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
Red Tape - ANSWERS-Excessive bureacracy and adherance to rules
nightmare of the bureaucracy - ANSWERS-Max Weber
Safe Third Country Stipulation - ANSWERS-If a person truly is a
refugee, they fear their life and flee to the first country they find - then
they are stuck there - seems as they are shopping for countries
Defining Crime - ANSWERS-- Most crimininologists have defined
crime as behaviour in violation of the law
Implications of Deviance - ANSWERS--varies across space
- even in the same space definition of deviance changes alot
-socially constructed term - subject to interpretation
-not always harmful to society
When should laws be made? - ANSWERS-when social harm occurs
Classical theory - ANSWERS-laws should be made when social harm
occurs
, When do laws change? - ANSWERS-when social norm changes
Goffredson and Hirshi Definition of Crime - ANSWERS--they define
crime as the use of force and fraud
-Hirschi believes Deviance and Crime are black and white concepts.
-argues a nuclear family is less likely to be involved in deviance and
crime than an "alternative" family.
Downes and Rock - ANSWERS-- banned or controlled behaviour
which is likely to attract punishment or dissaproval
-avoids precise definition
-not black and white
Becker - ANSWERS--Deviance has nothing to do with the quality of
behaviour it is merely a LABEL successfully attached to another
-Socially constructed
Pfohl - ANSWERS-Deviance is a violation of a social norm
When is a social norm violated according to Phlof? - ANSWERS-
When there is a reaction to the behaviour in question and when people
try to modify this behaviour
Positivists - ANSWERS-Use science and observe the world in an
objective way - principle of science
