Chapter Eleven
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Question 1 Which of the following is an interactionist perspective? structuralist Marxism instrumentalist Marxism differential association operant conditioning moral development Question 2 The focus of interactionist criminology is: social structures shared values of culture interpersonal interaction group interaction interaction in small communities Question 3 The key concept of symbolic interactionism is that: individuals act within a context determined by cultural expectations a person’s actions are limited by their class situation social interaction is a dynamic process of interpretation and negotiation there is great cross-cultural variation in symbols interaction can only take place when actors agree about symbols Question 4 The identification of someone as criminal by public authorities is an outcome of: criminal justice bureaucracy symbolic interactionism a labelling process stigma Question 5 A person or group that demands new criminal laws or stricter enforcement of existing laws is a(n): legislator Attorney General Minister of Justice moral entrepreneur advocacy group Question 6 The idea of a criminal career is linked to: triads the Mafia primary and secondary deviation drift strain theory Question 7 Someone who occasionally shoplifts personal clothing, but has a full-time job and socially interacts with non-deviants is an example of: secondary deviation labelling differential association primary deviation drift Question 8 The claim that it is legitimate to steal from foodstores because they make excessive profits is an example of: mercantilism strain theory drift moral rhetoric secondary deviance Question 9 Police, judges, prison personnel, probation, and parole officers are all: agents of social control public servants impartial legal administrators agents of correction Question 10 Which of the following would you associate with an interactionist view of the criminal? a person labelled as deviant for behaviours labelled as deviant a person convicted of a crime by due legal process someone who consciously commits criminal acts a person with a criminal self-definition someone involved in differential association Question 11 A person defined as criminal by authorities is likely to find that will become their: self-definition master status primary deviance agent of social control empirical evidence Question 12 An unintended event process or situation that affects a person’s extent of involvement in crime is a: Freudian slip drift negotiation career contingency secondary deviation Question 13 Offenders who do not think they have an acceptable alternate lifestyle other than criminal activity have: self labelling deviant identity moral rhetoric stigma continuance commitment Question 14 Which of the following statements is false? Juvenile delinquents usually go on committing crimes as adults. Finding employment can lead to giving up crime. Many adult criminals decide to give up crime. Crime is often given up when intimate relationships are formed. Some criminals have self-enhancing commitment. Question 15 The statement that crime is learned in interaction in small groups that disregard the community’s legal code is associated with: class conflict secondary deviation different rates of crime by gender differential association criminal identity Question 16 Which of the following is one of the strongest correlates of criminal behaviour? ethnic group religion having deviant friends being poor symbolic interaction   Back to List of Chapters