Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Feminism and Marxism are: a. | cultural conflict theories | b. | gender- and class-based conflict
theories | c. | functionalist
theories | d. | associated with
the Chicago School | e. | phenomenological theories | | |
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Marxist-influenced criminology is likely to claim that: a. | law reflects cultural agreement | b. | state authorities are more impartial than private
authorities | c. | prisons are a
product of capitalism | d. | law and law enforcement are shaped by the class relations
of the society | e. | law is unnecessary
in a socialist society | | |
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What,
according to cultural conflict theory causes social conflict and potential criminalization of the
cultural practices of subordinate groups? a. | difference of conduct norms | b. | class conflict | c. | religion | d. | anomie | e. | social disorganization | | |
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The
idea of career criminality suggests: a. | that crime is a good way to make a
living | b. | socialization into
a deviant sub-culture | c. | that criminal acts becomes central to
behaviour | d. | b and
c | e. | none of the
above | | |
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Cultural conflict theory is criticized for: a. | over-emphasizing gender conflict | b. | over-emphasizing class conflict | c. | ignoring ethnic differences | d. | assuming consensus | e. | none of the above | | |
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The
argument that criminal law and its enforcement acts directly to uphold a dominant capitalist class is
associated with: a. | instrumentalist
Marxism | b. | functionalism | c. | cultural conflict theory | d. | group conflict theory | e. | radical feminism | | |
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The
idea that law and order issues are defined by the state in ways that disadvantage lower-class and
status groups is linked to: a. | symbolic interactionism | b. | left realism | c. | corrections orientation | d. | widened crime net | e. | cohesiveness of society | | |
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socialist feminist perspective on crime is likely to examine: a. | patriarchy | b. | class relations | c. | a and b | d. | biology and psychology | e. | day care availability | | |
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Which
of the following claims that law and law enforcement is not directed by the capitalist class but
serves the general long-term purpose of legitimating and upholding existing class
relations: a. | Turk’s
non-partisan conflict theory | b. | functionalism | c. | structuralist Marxism | d. | instrumentalist Marxism | e. | radical feminism | | |
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10.
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An
investigation of crime and criminalization from the perspective of disadvantaged groups is associated
with: a. | instrumentalist
Marxism | b. | structuralist
Marxism | c. | radical
feminism | d. | Weberian conflict
theory | e. | left
realism | | |
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