"Crime" differs from "deviance" in that crime ________
a. is always more serious.
b. is usually less serious.
c. refers to a violation of norms enacted into law.
d. involves a larger share of the population.
Answer: c
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Taking delinquency as a dependent variable and looking at its relationship with two key independent variables simultaneously, Hirschi found that __________
a. the effects of "intimacy of communication" and "number of friends picked up by police" cancel each other out b. the effect of "intimacy of communication" maintains itself while "number of friends picked up by police" cancels out c. the effect of "intimacy of communication" cancels out while "number of friends picked up by police" maintains itself d. both "intimacy of communication" and "number of friends picked up by police" have clear independent effects on delinquency
Which of the following is TRUE of multiple births?
A. Women have had as many as ten babies at a time. B. Twins are generally normal sized, but pregnancies with three or more babies generally result in small babies. C. Children from multiple births are more likely to have health problems. D. All of the above are true of multiple births.
The most prevalent form of forced sex is
a) the rape of a woman by her husband. b) the rape of a woman by a stranger. c) rapes occurring in college fraternities. d) rapes occurring along with a felony.
Which of the following research methods would a sociologist use to gather data by means of personal interviews or written questionnaires?
a. Observation b. Experiment c. Survey d. Existing data