Module 5

Question 1

What are rehabilitation, decriminalization/legalization, and diversion?

Answer 1

Reforms to the prison regime that HAVE worked well in practice.

Question 2

According to the textbook, which of the following is NOT a cause of the falling crime rate in Canada?

Answer 2

The increased incarceration rate

Question 3

What is deviance?

Answer 3

Breaking a norm and evoking a negative reaction from others.

Question 4

What is crime?

Answer 4

deviance that is against the law

Question 5

what is a variant of symbolic interactionism?

Answer 5

Labelling theory

Question 6

define labelling theory

Answer 6

holds that deviance results not so much from the actions of the deviant as from the response of others, who label the rule breaker a deviant.

Question 7

what is a variant of conflict theory?

Answer 7

control theory

Question 8

define control theory

Answer 8

holds that the rewards of deviance and crime are ample. Therefore, nearly everyone would engage in deviance and crime if they could get away with it.