midterm 2

Question 1

who introduced a pathological approach and believed heavily in a biological cause to crime

Answer 1

Cesare Lombrosso

Question 2

stigmata

Answer 2

an physical identifying mark or characteristic

Question 3

atavist

Answer 3

recurrence of a trait or characteristic from an ancestral form

Question 4

Goddard and the kallikaks

Answer 4

study on solder and kids with two women - questions whether genetics has anything to do with deviance

Question 5

pathological approach

Answer 5

focuses on crime as a result of disease

Question 6

functionalist approach

Answer 6

focuses on the social functions that crime serves

Question 7

4 ways in which deviance contributes to normative order

Answer 7

sets boundaries
enhances group solidarity
maintains innovative functions
reduces tensions

Question 8

false teleology

Answer 8

explanation of a phenomena through the purpose it serves rather than its causes

Question 9

tautology

Answer 9

circular reasoning, because it exists it must be functional

Question 10

questions of kai Erickson and wayward puritans

Answer 10

does the fear of deviance create deviance or does deviance create fear

Question 11

anomie

Answer 11

without purpose or normlessness

Question 12

when does Durkheim believe anomie occurs

Answer 12

when social institutions are unable to morally constrain human desires

Question 13

mechanical solidarity

Answer 13

cohesion within society based on shared beliefs, lifestyles, and occupations

Question 14

organic solidarity

Answer 14

cohesion due to individuals mutual reliance on each other

Question 15

Durkheim 4 types of suicide

Answer 15

anomic, egoistic, altruistic, fatalistic

Question 16

suicide - over integration

Answer 16

altruistic

Question 17

suicide - over regulation

Answer 17

fatalistic

Question 18

suicide - under regulation

Answer 18

anomic

Question 19

suicide - under integration

Answer 19

egoistic

Question 20

3 types of strain

Answer 20

inability to achieve goals
loss
threat of unwanted things