Monday, October 9, 2023

Chapter 7. “Deviance, Crime, and Social Control.





  1. Define the concept of Deviance. What can we say 

from the structural-functionalist point of view? 

The example of Rosa Parks. 

  1. What is the relationship between deviance and crime?

  2. What is Social Control? Define Sanctions 

(positive or negative; formal or informal).

  1. The functionalist perspectives of crime and deviance.

What is deviance for Durkheim? Explain his notion of

Collective conscience.

  1. Explain Merton’s Strain theory. Explain, in Merton, 

the notions of conformity, innovation, ritualism

retreatism, and rebellion

  1. Explain the Social disorganization theory.

  2. What is Deviance according to the conflict theory?

  3. How does Marx define the bourgeois order, and 

its intersection with crime, wealth, and power?

  1. Explain the notion of the Power elite in Wright Mills. 

  2. What is the logic of the imbalance based on 

class and power, mentioned by the author?

  1. Explain the Labeling theory

  2. Felony conviction and the right to vote. Debate. 

  3. Explain the Differential association theory

  4. Explain the Control theory

  5. Define the concept of Crime

  6. What is a Law?

  7. Explain the different types of crime, 

according to the author. 

  1. What is a Hate crime?

  2. What is the Police?

  3. Federal courts - State courts. Explain. 

  4. Explain the difference between Prison and Jail.

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