QUESTION 1. According to ____________ theory, the key to understanding the root cause of crime can be found in the nation's socioeconomic makeup.

Economic

Cultural Deviance

Social Structure

Strain

QUESTION 2. Economic disadvantage and poverty can be especially devastating to:

Younger children

Teenagers

The middle-aged

Infants

QUESTION 3. According to _______ theory, crime flourishes in an area where institutions of social control, such as family, commercial establishments, and schools, have broken down and can no longer perform their expected functions.

Social disorganization

Strain

Cultural deviance

Anomie

QUESTION 4. Shaw and McKay identified distinct ecological areas had developed in the Chicago area, forming a series of nine __________, and that there were stable and significant interzone differences in crime rates.

Concentric zones

Secular circles

Expansive triangles

Egocentric cities

QUESTION 5. Sutherland believed that acquiring criminal behavior is a _______ process.

Socialization

Legal

Financial

Political

QUESTION 6. Social reaction theory is also called ________________.

Strain theory

False perception theory

Labeling theory

Differential association

QUESTION 7. Critical criminologists believe that ______________ are now more powerful than ever.

Cites

States

Corporations

Individuals

QUESTION 8. ____________ asserts that because of strain and social isolation, a unique lower-class culture develops in disorganized neighborhoods.

Social behavior theory

Social ecological theory

Cultural deviance theory

Economic significance theory

QUESTION 9. The goal of accumulating material goods and wealth through individual competition involving the process of being socialized to pursue material success and to believe it is achievable is called the:

Success hypothesis

False-precipitation theory

American dream

Hard-work hypothesis

QUESTION 10. Collective efficacy is the social control exerted by cohesive communities.

True

False