Summary Criminology Unit 3 Write-Up Model Answers From Ac 2.4

Anomie means what? {Ans: Normlessness}Which theory argues that crime is due to social conflict, social change, and a lack of consensus in the group? {Ans: Social disorganization theory}Which theory says that people have differing amounts of access to illegitimate means of reaching society's goals? {Ans: Differential opportunity theory}What are the initial acts of deviance that a person might commit known as? {Ans: Primary deviance}Which theory examines how geographical location and features in that location affect crime? {Ans: Environmental criminology}True or false Merton argued that anomie occurs when society emphasizes a goal but the accepted means to achieve that goal are inadequate. {Ans: True}In Merton's strain theory, which category involves individuals accepting the societal goal but using new ways of reaching that goal? {Ans: Innovation}True or false for criminologists, social structure includes only the physical features and landscape of a place. {Ans: False}True or false one study in 2004 found that only two states in the United States had laws and regulations which affected the reintegration of former offenders to society. {Ans: False}True or false criminologists don't believe that the social environment has any effect on crime. {Ans: False}Which theory reflects