Deck 14: Sociology of Religion

Question 1

Which is the easiest crime to document?

A) Theft
B) Tax Evasion
C) Homicide
D) Fraud

Answer 1

C

Question 2

_____ has the highest mean homicide rate of the choices.

A) Spain
B) The USA
C) Costa Rica
D) Italy

Answer 2

B

Question 3

_____ is not part of the US' social welfare net.

A) Full employment policies
B) Unemployment benefits
C) General access to public support
D) Debtor's prisons

Answer 3

D

Question 4

______ is inversely related to homicide rates.

A) Level of education
B) Social support
C) Education level of parents
D) Wealth

Question 5

The majority of violent crimes are committed by _____.

A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) Pets

Question 6

_____ % of same-sex homicides were committed by______.

A) 50, females
B) More than 90, males
C) Less than 10, males
D) 100, females

Question 7

Most victims in homicides are _____.

A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) Pets

Question 8

Crimes other than homicide are more likely to be committed by _____.

A) Men
B) Women
C) Children
D) Pets

Question 9

Women are more likely to be killed by _____.

A) A Neighbor
B) A Stranger
C) A Spouse
D) A Sibling

Question 10

Men are more likely to be killed by _____.

A) A Neighbor
B) A Stranger
C) A Spouse
D) A Sibling

Question 11

_____ is most likely to commit a crime.

A) A male older than 50
B) A female older than 50
C) A female between18 and 24
D) A male between 18 and 24

Question 12

At age 20, men are _____ likely than females to be a victim of homicide.

A) 2x more
B) 6x more
C) Equally
D) 2x less

Question 13

In the U.S., _____% of men aged 25-44 years have spent time in prison.

A) 50
B) 75
C) 7
D) 25

Question 14

In the U.S.,_____% of women aged 25-44 years have spent time in prison.

A) 50
B) 75
C) 7
D) <1

Question 15

A(n) ______ man is least likely to commit a crime.

A) Full-time employed
B) Unemployed
C) Unmarried
D) Underemployed

Question 16

_____ does not increase the likelihood of a young man being put in prison.

A) Having a teen mother
B) Having a present biological father
C) Living in poverty
D) Having a poorly educated mother

Question 17

Adolescents in _____ have the most incarceration risk.

A) Families with working parents
B) Families with a stay-at-home mother
C) Step-parent families
D) Families with a stay-at-home dad

Question 18

_____ has declined recently

A) Both violent crime and property crime
B) Only violent crime
C) Only property crime
D) Neither violent crime nor property crime

Question 19

______ is the tendency of people who have committed a crime once to commit crimes again.

A) The "inmate" effect
B) The incarceratory whirlpool
C) Recidivism
D) Criminal bias

Question 20

Which does not characterize a neighborhood with a high crime rate?

A) Large numbers of people moving in and out.
B) Many different ethnic groups
C) Neighborhoods where everybody knows one another.
D) High rates of family disruption

Question 21

______ states that if your friends or family engage in criminal behavior, you are more likely to as well.

A) Social disorganization theory
B) Differential association theory
C) Control theory
D) Easy-rider theory

Question 22

______ says that people do not commit crimes when they have much to lose by doing so.

A) Social disorganization theory
B) Differential association theory
C) Control theory
D) Easy-rider theory

Question 23

_____ suggested, "that the real question should be not why people commit crime but, rather, why they do not"

A) Durkheim
B) Marx
C) Sutherland
D) Lovenkamp

Question 24

Which would least deter a person from committing crime?

A) Having invested a lot in a job
B) A stable, happy family
C) Religious beliefs
D) Living among complete strangers.

Question 25

The Eskimo had a higher murder rate than the contemporary US rate.

Question 26

All Hunting and Gathering societies have very low murder rates.

Question 27

Theft is an easier crime to document than Homicide.

Question 28

Developed countries generally have lower homicide rates than less developed countries.

Question 29

The US homicide rate is lower than the homicide rates in other developed countries.

Question 30

Social support is inversely related to homicide rates.

Question 31

The majority of homicides are committed by women.

Question 32

The majority of same-sex homicides are committed by women.

Question 33

Most victims of Homicide in the US are women.

Question 34

Men are most likely to be killed by an intimate or family member.

Question 35

Women are most likely to be killed by a friend or acquaintance.

Question 36

Young men commit more crimes than old men.

Question 37

Young men commit more crimes than young women

Question 38

From the mid-20s on, men are more likely to be homicide victims.

Question 39

Women commit fewer nonviolent crimes than men.

Question 40

Unemployed men are less likely to commit crimes than employed men.

Question 41

Married men are less likely to commit crimes than unmarried men.

Question 42

Women are more likely than men to have spent time in prison.

Question 43

The presence of a biological father while growing up has a large influence on the child's avoidance of jail.

Question 44

Living in poverty increases the likelihood of incarceration.

Question 45

Kids who grew up in a step-parent family are more likely to go to jail than kids who didn't.

Question 46

Poverty, not father-absence, is a strong predictor of young men's violent behavior.

Question 47

Levitt argues that legalizing abortions in the 1970s led to an increase in crime later on.

Question 48

The USA has the highest prison incarceration rate in the world.

Question 49

Neighborhoods where people don't know their neighbors are likely to be lower in crime, on average, than neighborhoods where everybody knows one another.

Question 50

Give one explanation for why the US has a high homicide rate for its position (developed country)?

Question 51

Explain Young-Male syndrome.

Question 52

What is a reason for the recent decline in violent crime in the US?

Question 53

Why are young men disproportionately involved in crime?

Question 54

Name 2 childhood factors which increase the likelihood of a man going to jail.

Question 55

What are some of the arguments for why crime has decreased recently? (give 2)

Question 56

How might the legalization of abortion in the 1970s reduce crime in the 1990s?

Question 57

Explain Social Disorganization Theory.

Question 58

Why don't people commit crimes?

Question 59

In all societies, who is most likely to commit crime? Why is this so?

Question 60

Why does the U.S.have so much crime compared to other developed countries?