Question 1

Identify and explain each of Walter Miller's six focal concerns.Provide an example of each.

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Question 2

Define short-run hedonism.

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Question 3

Compare and contrast Merton's strain theory to Agnew's general strain theory.How are the two alike? How are they different?

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Question 4

Explain institutional anomie theory.Do you think that this theory provides a viable explanation of crime? Support your answer with what you have learned in this class.

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Question 5

Explain social disorganization theory, and identify its strengths, weaknesses, and policy implications.

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Question 6

Briefly discuss when "rebellion" occurs.

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Question 7

Briefly discuss what defines the neighborhood context of collective efficacy.

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Question 8

Define social control.

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Question 9

Explain the concept of anomie.How did Merton and Durkheim view anomie differently?

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Question 10

Discuss Albert Cohen's subcultural theory.What is short-run hedonism? What are middle-class measuring rods and how do they relate to status frustration?

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Question 11

Briefly explain commodification and decommodification.

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Question 12

Discuss what influences collective efficacy.Can collective efficacy be measured reliably at the neighborhood level? Support your answer.

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Question 13

Identify and explain the sources of strain according to Robert Agnew's general strain theory.How do negative emotionality and constraint relate to strain according to Agnew?

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Question 14

Identify the three variables most strongly and consistently associated with rates of crime and delinquency in urban settings according to social disorganization theory.

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Question 15

Define social disorganization according to Osgood and Chambers.

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Question 16

Compare and contrast Albert Cohen's subcultural theory to Walter Miller's theory of focal concerns.How are the two alike? How are they different?

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Question 17

Discuss Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory.Do disorganized neighborhoods "cause" crime or are they run down because people with personal characteristics conducive to both crime and poverty populate them? Support your answer.

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Question 18

Identify and explain each of Merton's five modes of adaptation.Provide an example of each.

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Question 19

Compare and contrast the variables of social disorganization theory in regards to rural and urban communities.

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Question 20

Identify Cloward and Ohlin's two gang types that develop from the frustration in lower-class culture.

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Quiz 6: Social Structural Theories