Question 1

Construct your own essay question drawing on relevant course materials for your answer.Points will be awarded for both the question and answer.

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Question 2

How is stigmatization experienced in everyday life? How might someone overcome stigmatization?

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Question 3

Compare and contrast differential association,labeling,and control theories.How does each theory explain deviance and crime?

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Question 4

Which theory discussed in the text offers the least compelling explanation of crime in the United States? Which elements of the theory make it weak? Compare the theory to what you regard as the most compelling theory of crime in the text.

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Question 5

Compare and contrast informal and formal punishment.How do these forms of punishment make stable social life possible?

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Question 6

What are victimless crimes?

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Question 7

According to the crime data discussed in the text,what evidence supports the contentions of conflict theory?

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Question 8

Why are street crimes and white-collar crimes portrayed so differently in popular movies?

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Question 9

What is a social diversion?

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Question 10

Compare and contrast white-collar and street crimes.How expensive is each type?

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Question 11

Outline Merton's strain theory of deviance and crime.

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Are "consensus crimes" such as homicide defined identically in all societies at all times? If so,why? If not,why not?

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Question 13

What are techniques of neutralization?

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Question 14

What is white-collar crime?

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Quiz 7: Deviance and Crime