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Crime and Deviance

Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ?

Which of the following is not a reason why corporate crime is more difficult to prosecute compared with individual crimes ?

A. victims may not realise that a crime has been committed
B. it is more difficult to apportion blame to corporate criminals
C. legal systems are founded on individual not collective responsibility
D. corporate offences cause less harm than crimes against an individual

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Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

A. Normlessness
B. meaninglessness
C. social strain
D. social adaptation

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Which of the following was not identified as one of the four major social bonds in Hirschi’s Social Control theory ?

Which of the following was not identified as one of the four major social bonds in Hirschi’s Social Control theory ?

A. religiosity
B. commitment
C. involvement
D. belief
E. attachment

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Sutherland’s Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________?

Sutherland’s Differential Association theory emphasizes that crime and deviance are basically______________?

A. due to poor parenting
B. learned
C. psychotic
D. biological
E. the result of being labelled

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Crime and Deviance, Sociology Mcqs