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Steven Pinker has a book called ____. The book described ___. - Answer- "Better angels of our nature" convincing argument that crime and violence have gone down worldwide 3 lowest crime rate countries? why is each is so low? - Answer- Switzerland, Singapore, Japan ------------------------------------------------- Swiss = everyone has guns, well regulated Singapore & Japan: nobody has guns 3 ways of measuring crime - Answer- looking at published statistics, Self-report, Victimizatio...

Finished this course with an 8! This is a summary of the book Criminology: A Contemporary Introduction ISBN 1419 of the course Advanced Criminology of Utrecht University. The summary starts with some bulletpoints of chapter 2 and 4, since these are more for general understanding. The rest of the summary contain the full information from the chapters. Together with the powerpoint slides of the course you will be able to easily identify the main theories, together with the historical context and...

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Which sociological approach would view sports as an agent for defining people's social positions as players, coaches, and referees as a result of their performances and reputations? a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. feminist perspective - c. interactionist perspective ________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories. Select one: a. Microsociology b. Macrosociology c. Middle-range sociology...

________ is most closely associated with the concept of the sociological imagination. A. Emile Durkheim B. Max Weber C. Karl Marx D. C. Wright Mills - D. C Wright Mills Sociologists argue that, unlike scientific knowledge, commonsense conclusions are not A. published B. reliable C. politically correct D. easily disseminated - B. reliable Anomie refers to a A. model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated. B. loss of direction that is felt in a socie...

Which sociological approach would view sports as an agent for defining people's social positions as players, coaches, and referees as a result of their performances and reputations? a. functionalist perspective b. conflict perspective c. interactionist perspective d. feminist perspective - c. interactionist perspective ________ stresses the study of small groups and often uses experimental study in laboratories. Select one: a. Microsociology b. Macrosociology c. Middle-range sociology...

SOC 100 Exam 2 Purdue Questions and Answers 100% Pass deviant behavior nonconformity to/violation of a set of cultural norms informal deviance minor transgressions of norms formal deviance crime; violation of norms that have been codified into law (not all crime is deviant) ______________ can determine what is or is not considered deviant. social status Biological/psychological perspective on deviance Caesar Lombroso observed physical traits of criminals, but non criminals may have same feat...

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Sociology CLEP Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Absolute poverty - Answer-A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist. Achieved status - Answer-A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts. Activity theory - Answer-An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted. Adoption - Answer-In a legal sense, a process that allows...

CH-03: Test Bank_ansrsource Key 1. Criminologists recognize two major schools of thought or belief systems as among the first attempts to organize a view of crime causation: ________ schools of criminology. A. the classical and the biological B. the classical and the positivist C. the natural and the biological D. the natural and the environmental Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation Level: Basic Topic: Seeking the Causes of Crime: Early Schools of Thought Type: Knowledge 2. The ________ sc...