Ray is a detective, his brother is a lawyer, and his father is a warden at the state penitentiary. All of these men are a part of the __________
A) political system
B) criminal justice system
C) illegitimate opportunity structure
D) Cosa Nostra
B
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What is a key difference between Kinsey's and Laumann's research on sex?
a. Laumann's research is generalizable, whereas Kinsey's is not. b. Laumann's research is pioneering, whereas Kinsey's is not. c. Laumann's research ignored homosexuality, whereas Kinsey's did not. d. Laumann's research involved self-selected respondents, whereas Kinsey's did not.
The network of role relations among people who consider themselves to be related by blood, marriage, or adoption is referred to as:
a. consanguinity b. family c. kinship d. siblings
Which of the following is not evidence that socialization serves as a form of social control?
A. Learned beliefs and the expectations of others are enough to keep most people in line. B. A person experiences pressure when they deviate from what others believe. C. Internalizing social norms causes most people to conform without the use of coercion or violence. D. Social control eliminates individuality.
Professor Lubinski has been studying criminal behavior for many years. She believes that criminal behavior is a result of a learning process that occurs chiefly within small, intimate groups-family, friends, neighborhood peer groups, and the like. This explanation is called __________.
A. anomie B. defacto crime C. differential association D. criminal socialization