Deck 6: Social Structure Theories of Crime

Question 1

Theorized that strain was socially generated

A) Durkheim
B) Merton
C) Agnew
D) Cloward

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Theorized that strain was result of human natural tendencies to have unlimited desires

A) Durkheim
B) Merton
C) Agnew
D) Cloward

Answer 2

A

Question 3

_________________ theories view crime as a result of stress, frustration, and failed aspirations or blocked opportunities.

A) Control
B) Strain
C) Learning
D) Culture conflict

Answer 3

B

Question 4

_____________________ focuses on the person's relation to the social environment.

A) Social structure
B) Strain
C) Social ecology
D) none of the above

Question 5

Which theorist is responsible for originally developing the term anomie?

A) Emile Durkheim
B) Robert Merton
C) Robert Agnew
D) Travis Hirschi

Question 6

This generation has redefined what the "American Dream" entails?

A) baby boomers
B) generation x
C) millennials
D) generation y

Question 7

Events or conditions that are disliked by the people who are experiencing or have experienced them are known as

A) objective strain
B) subjective strain
C) positive strain
D) negative strain

Question 8

What theorists seminal work was the book "Suicide"

A) Durkheim
B) Merton
C) Agnew
D) Cloward

Question 9

Crime is found to be least likely in neighborhoods that are disorganized.

Question 10

Emile Durkheim developed a typology of suicide while researching strain and anomie.

Question 11

Credited with developing the group adaptations to anomie.

A) Shaw and McKay
B) Cloward and Ohlin
C) Park and Burgess
D) Bursik and Grasmick

Question 12

According to the concentric zone model, in which zone(s) do the most crimes occur?

A) Zone 1
B) Zone 3
C) Zone 8
D) Zone 2

Question 13

The idea that television consumption universally cultivates the values associated with the:

A) literacy gap
B) culture bias
C) American Dream
D) CSI effect

Question 14

According to the text, criminal justice professionals should be particularly concerned with conformists and ritualists.

Question 15

Who attributed crime to the "American Dream"?

A) Ronald Akers
B) Walter Miller
C) Messner & Rosenfeld
D) Sykes & Matza

Question 16

Social structure theories of crime are ___________-level theories.

A) micro
B) meso
C) macro
D) none of the above

Question 17

Which theorist developed the five modes of adaptation to strain?

A) Robert Merton
B) Emile Durkheim
C) Ronald Akers
D) Elijah Anderson

Question 18

Credited with developing the concentric zone model

A) Shaw and McKay
B) Cloward and Ohlin
C) Park and Burgess
D) Bursik and Grasmick

Question 19

_______________ is a result of a disjunction between people's aspirations and their ability to achieve their goals.

A) Atavism
B) Social learning
C) Culture conflict
D) Anomie

Question 20

Who is credited for the development of general strain theory?

A) Robert Agnew
B) Robert Merton
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Walter Miller

Question 21

IAT has demonstrated mixed support around the world and with different cultures.

Question 22

Social disorganization theory was developed by Shaw and McKay and used to examine delinquency in Chicago.

Question 23

Cloward and Ohlin developed the concentric zone model.

Question 24

Millennials subscribe to the same "American Dream" as previous generation.

Question 25

Through hard work, anyone can achieve success is part of the American Dream.

Question 26

One of the great strengths of GST is its recognition that strain can take many forms.

Question 27

Domestic violence is an example of an objective strain.

Question 28

Rebellion gangs are social dropouts and double losers often found in organized communities.

Question 29

General Strain Theory was developed by Robert Merton.

Question 30

Strains associated with low social control are more likely to lead to crime.