Crime and Deviance quizzes
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This Crime and Deviance page on GoConqr gathers over 50 quizzes by more than 40 users, covering theories, gender and ethnicity. School students, university students and professional candidates can practise questions on crime and deviance, while teachers can find ready-made material. The quizzes span school and university levels. Pick a topic and try a quiz.
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- Defining crime and deviance47
- Measuring crime24
- Social control49
- Functionalist, strain and subcultural theories of crime176
- Labelling theory85
- Marxist theories of crime40
- Realist theories of crime37
- Postmodernist theories of crime5
- Gender and crime67
- Ethnicity and crime36
- Social distribution of crime24
- Media, crime and moral panics41
- Globalisation, green crime and state crime29
- Victimology6
- Crime prevention and punishment19
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8 questionsFunctionalist perspective on crime and deviance - SUMMARY The Functionalist perspective of crime and deviance is:
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33 questionsSexuality & Deviance in Society
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20 questionsIntro to Sociology - Module 3 Ally's father was sent to prison when she was 12 for the trafficking of narcotics; her brother was arrested...
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33 questionsWeek One Chapters 1-5 Social scientists have survey research, experimental design, historical methods, official statistics, and f...
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8 questionsfunctionalist responses to crime and deviance Who was the founding father of Functionalism?
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14 questionsGender and Crime Questions Who came up with the concepts of 'Class Deals' and 'Gender Deals?'
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5 questionsDeviance Quiz Is dying one's hair green considered an act of deviance?
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163 questionsQuiz Final exam 2106B - Summary CHAPTER #1 : PERSPECTIVES AND THEORIES 1. How do sociologists defined deviant behavior?
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50 questionsLabelling Theory & Action Theories SCLY4 Labelling theorists believe that 'deviance' is a social construction - Becker (1963) E.G. killing an indivi...
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50 questionsCrime and deviance quiz Labelling theorists believe that 'deviance' is a social construction - Becker (1963) E.G. killing an indivi...
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46 questionsSOC 224 Ch. 9 Which of the following is an example of a belief system?
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58 questionsCrime and Deviance
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31 questionsChapter 6 Deviance and Social Control Human sexuality illustrates how a group's definitions of an act, and not the act itself, determines whether...
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9 questionsTheories of Crime Quiz What do Wilson and Herrnstein say causes criminal behaviour?
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90 questionsSociology: Deviance Final What is BIID?
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20 questionsCh.6 sociology Napoleon Chagnon's visit to the Yanomamö tribe, where he observed tribe members appearing naked in public, ...
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9 questionsSociology quiz Crime and Deviance What is the correct definition for crime?
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15 questionscrime and deviance According to Durkheim, which were the 2 primary functions of crime and deviance?
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10 questionsTheories of Crime What are the three theories of crime that we're studying?
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13 questionsCRIME AND DEVIANCE GENDER QUIZ what percentage of convicts in the UK are male?
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3 questionsCrime topic quiz!
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18 questionsethnic differences in offending and in victimisation How many more times likely were South Asians to be victims of racially motivated attacks?
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20 questionsChapter 8 Deviance is best defined by which of the choices?
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4 questionsglobalisation, mass media and crime
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5 questionssocial groups - crime
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7 questionsCrime and Deviance: Ethnicity & Crime Who are the relevant Left Realist(LR) sociologists that make the argument for the difference in crime rates...
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10 questionsCauses of Crime- Labelling and Moral Panics Quiz What is primary deviance?
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10 questions1_Causes of Crime- Labelling and Moral Panics Quiz What is primary deviance?
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11 questionsClass power and crime QC questions Why are functionalist, strain and subcultural theories called 'problem takers'
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4 questionscontrol, victims and suicide
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4 questionsFunctionalist, strain and subcultural theories Why does Durkheim regard crime as inevitable in all societies?
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9 questionsFunctionalist strain and subcultural theories QC Why does Durkheim regard crime as inevitable in all societies
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10 questionsConflict Theories What is relative deprivation?
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8 questionsethnicity crime ans justice QC How much more likely are black people to be stopped and searched then whites
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7 questionsQuiz by Gem and Em Which sociologist talked about "relative deprivation"?
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5 questionsUntitled_1 Which of the following are conflict perspectives?
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2 questionsUntitled Functionalists such as Durkhiem (1893) argue that crime is inevitable and a normal healthy part of societie...
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36 questionsSOC 224 Ch. 10 Which of the following is an example of how more objective research interests have been integrated into the...
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30 questionsExam 3 - Assignment 9 Formal social control involves:
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20 questionsUntitled What are the two deviance-making facets?
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The quizzes on this page cover ways of explaining crime and deviance, as well as questions about social groups. Conflict Theories asks about relative deprivation and Marxist and feminist perspectives. Gender and Crime Questions focuses on concepts and approaches linked to gender.
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Start with Deviance Quiz if you want to think about what counts as deviant in different communities. For a broader set of questions, try Sexuality & Deviance in Society, which asks you to define deviance and identify its social foundations.
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Which quiz is a good place to start?
Deviance Quiz is a useful starting point for thinking about whether an action is considered deviant in a particular community. If you want questions on definitions and social foundations, try Sexuality & Deviance in Society. You can then move on to a quiz about a specific theory.
What topics do the quizzes cover?
The page includes questions on functionalist and conflict perspectives, as well as gender, ethnicity, labelling and crime. For example, Conflict Theories asks about relative deprivation, while Gender and Crime Questions asks about concepts and approaches linked to gender. Choose a topic that matches your current revision.
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