1. The perception that african americans are lawbreakers began __________.
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In the early twentieth century
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2. Simply put, to be a deviant entails __________.
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Violating a rule that brings with it the disapproval of others
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3. Compared to affluent people, the actions of poor people are more likely to be criminalized.
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True
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4. Talking to oneself and robbing a bank are both deviant acts.
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True
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5. It is not possible for deviance to exist unless ______.
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People have a shared understanding of what is appropriate
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6. Deviance is the term for ______.
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Socially disapproved behavior
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7. According to the textbook, which of the following is an element of deviance?
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Expectation
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8. Which perspective maintains that deviance often occurs when individuals lack legitimate means to achieve socially approved goals?
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The strain theory
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9. Capital punishment is based on the ______ theory of explaining the prevention of deviant behavior.
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Deterrence
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10. Someone who believes murder is always wrong, without exception, takes a(n) ______ approach to the issue of murder.
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Absolutist
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11. According to deterrence theories, in order for punishments to effectively prevent deviance, they should be ______.
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Severe and swift
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12. This approach to defining deviance rests on the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgments and ideas.
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Relativism
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13. Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgments and ideas is called Relativism
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True
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14. Medicalization is a definition of behavior as a medical problem, mandating the medical profession to provide some kind of treatment for it
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True
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15. Theory stating that deviance is the consequence of the application of rules and sanctions to an offender; a deviant is an individual to whom the identity “deviant” has been successfully applied is called
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Labeling theory
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16. Behavior, ideas, or attributes of an individual or group that some people in society find _______ is called deviance
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Offensive
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17. Theory of deviance positing that people will be prevented from engaging in a deviant act if they judge the costs of such an act to outweigh its benefits is called Deterrence theory
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True
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18. Official definition of an act of deviance as a crime is called Criminalization
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True
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19. Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that all human behavior can be considered either inherently good or inherently bad is called absolutism
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True
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