Question 1

Howard Becker defined and described labeling as __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  an interactive process
B)  a political process
C)  an educational process
D)  an unimportant process A

Question 2

Radical Theory __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  is no longer important
B)  is accepted by all sociologists as a valid explanation of delinquency
C)  departs from more established and accepted criminological theories
D)  conforms to the more accepted criminological theories
E)  has never been applied to delinquency

Question 3

What did Frank Tannenbaum emphasize?

Accepted Answer

A)  the treatment of the offender that makes a hardened criminal out of the accidental or occasional one
B)  the type of prison used to incarcerate convicted felons
C)  the type of treatment used to incarcerate those convicted of misdemeanors
D)  the privileges given to incarcerated individuals

Question 4

Frank Tannenbaum concluded __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  description has no effect on a person
B)  people do not care how they are described
C)  the adult criminal is usually the delinquent grown up
D)  people are difficult to describe

Question 5

The concept of a "role engulfment" is associated with __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Everett Hughes
B)  Erving Goffman
C)  Howard Becker
D)  Edwin Schur

Question 6

When does primary deviation occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  when an individual may commit a deviant act (or several deviant acts) but does not internalize the deviant self-concept and continues to occupy the role of conformist
B)  when an individual's self-concept is altered and the deviant role is personally assumed
C)  when a deviant act is instigated by the parent
D)  when the deviant act is committed by a person under the age of ten

Question 7

Another name for Interactionist Theory is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Climbing Theory
B)  Dressing Theory
C)  Labeling Theory
D)  Foreign Theory

Question 8

Perhaps Howard Becker's major contribution to labeling theory was his __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  idea that people from the same environment are motivated by different factors
B)  view that delinquents eventually outgrow their deviancy and conform to the values of society
C)  suggestion that there is a difference between a deviant identity and deviant career
D)  notion of a developmental process that precedes the attainment of a deviant or delinquent identity and career

Question 9

The process of tagging led to Frank Tannenbaum's somber conclusion: "The adult criminal is seldom the delinquent child grown u

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 10

According to Herman and Julia Schwendinger,what is the best predictor of delinquency?

Accepted Answer

A)  religiosity
B)  level of educational attainment
C)  personal health
D)  the youth's relative position among other teenagers

Question 11

What view did Howard Becker propound in this book,The Outsiders?

Accepted Answer

A)  deviance cannot be seen
B)  deviance is the same to all
C)  deviance,like beauty,exists in the eyes of the beholder
D)  deviance really does not exist

Question 12

As people grow older and have new experiences,society seldom changes their social statuses,and assigns few new roles to them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The modern labeling approach is often attributed to the work of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Edwin Lemert
B)  Thomas Stallwork
C)  George Giles
D)  William Russell

Question 14

Some social status can be ascribed through personal effort.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

"Tagging" is associated with the view that __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  special privileges should be given to special prisoners
B)  the greater evil lies in the societal treatment,not in the original act
C)  solitary confinement
D)  inadequate medical care in prison

Question 16

Social status is an individual's prestige position in relation to others in his or her social group or society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

W.I.Thomas (1931)contributed the concept of Definition of the Situation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The classic concept of the "Looking-Glass Self" is associated with __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sutherland and Cressey
B)  B.F.Skinner
C)  G.M.Sykes and D.Matza
D)  Charles Horton Cooley and W.I.Thomas D

Question 19

Who is the author of Crime and Community?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frank Tannenbaum
B)  D.E.Strickland
C)  W.D.Watts
D)  D.J.Shoemaker

Question 20

Terence Thornberry (1979)found that the handling of delinquent youths in a stern manner generally did not result in greater criminality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radicalconflict Theories

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Radical Theory __________.

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Frank Tannenbaum concluded __________.

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The concept of a "role engulfment" is associated with __________.

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When does primary deviation occur?

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Another name for Interactionist Theory is __________.

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Perhaps Howard Becker's major contribution to labeling theory was his __________.

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The process of tagging led to Frank Tannenbaum's somber conclusion: "The adult criminal is seldom the delinquent child grown u

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As people grow older and have new experiences,society seldom changes their social statuses,and assigns few new roles to them.

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The modern labeling approach is often attributed to the work of __________.

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Some social status can be ascribed through personal effort.

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"Tagging" is associated with the view that __________.

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Social status is an individual's prestige position in relation to others in his or her social group or society.

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