Alexander Liazos speaks for the social-conflict approach when he states that ________
a. powerless people are at the highest risk of being defined as deviant.
b. deviance has both functions and dysfunctions.
c. deviance exists only in the eye of the beholder.
d. society should ignore victimless crime.
Answer: a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. feminist perspective
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A. fallacy of misplaced concreteness B. fallacy of retrospective determinism C. fallacy of dramatic instance D. fallacy of non sequitar
What is it that sets peer groups apart from schools and families as agents of socialization?
a. Peer groups tend to be larger than most families
b. Unlike schools and families, peer groups are sources of informal socialization.
c. Peer groups are more likely to teach cultural norms than are families or schools.
d. Unlike schools and families, peer groups allow children a degree of freedom from authority