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Why are sanctions an important part of understanding deviance?

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Sanctions are expressions of disapproval...

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The chances of receiving the death penalty are greatly affected by geography (where the murder took place), social class, and gender.

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The early sociologist who argued that deviance might be functional for society was ________.

What is the relativity of deviance?

Define recidivism and identify the recidivism rate for violent offenders three years after they have been released from prison.

The theory of differential association suggests that people who associate with certain groups receive an "excess of definitions" about either deviance or conformity.

Based on control theory, what are the four qualities that determine one's bond with society?

Discuss the medicalization of deviance and how Thomas Szasz would respond to this concept.

Erving Goffman used the term ________ to refer to characteristics that discredit people.

What is a group's formal and informal means of enforcing norms called?

What is the major difference between psychological and sociological theories in explaining deviance?

The concept of the relativity of deviance is best illustrated by which of the following statements?

Based on the research of Martín Sánchez-Jankowski, what are the primary reasons urban male youth join gangs?

What was the single greatest difference that explains why members of their community perceived the "Roughnecks" and "Saints" differently?

According to Cloward and Ohlin, what is the underlying cause of deviance and delinquency in unstable slums of a city?

Inner and outer controls that work against our tendencies to deviate is known as what theory?

Why is conformity considered as being the only nondeviant mode of adaptation?

How has criminal behavior among women changed in recent years, based on statistics from 1992 and 2010?

What are the two most significant "anchoring devices" that insulate a person from a life of crime and imprisonment?

Stripping an individual of his or her identity as a group member is an example of using a degradation ceremony to brand someone as an outsider.