Soc 259 Midterm 2

Place , Time, and Date: In class, 10:30 – 12:30 on Feb. 8

Format: 100 multiple choice questions

Information:The midterm will cover the chapters from Gomme, Clinard and Meier, and Thio et al. listed below. Use the attached list of concepts and general questions below to help guide your studying.

Gomme Ch. 6

Definition of the situation

Deviant career

Generalized other

I, me

Main propositions of the labelling perspective

Looking-glass-self

Master status

Neutralization techniques

Reintegrative shaming

Primary and secondary deviance

Gomme Ch. 7 and 8

Bourgeoisie

Capitalism

Class

Crisis of legitimacy

Culture conflict

Ideology

Instrumental theory of Marxism

Left idealism vs. Left realism

Liberal conflict perspective

Lumpenproletariat

Polarization of classes

Postmodernism

Social relations of production

Structural Marxism

Superstructure

Culture conflict

Liberal conflict perspective

Liberal feminism

Marxist feminism

Misogyny and Patriarchy

Radical feminism

Sexualization

Gomme Ch. 10

Capital punishment

First-degree murder

Homicide

Infanticide

Manslaughter

Mass murder

Second-degree murder

Serial killing

Subculture of violence

Terrorism

Victim-precipitated homicide

Gomme Ch. 11

Types of rape: Date rape, Double rape, Marital rape, Power rape, Sadistic rape

Rape shield law

Recent-complaint rule

Sexual assault

Statutory rape

Gomme Ch. 12

Decriminalization

John

Pimp

Gomme Ch. 13

Double doctoring

Enslavement hypothesis

Gateway hypothesis

Psychoactive drugs

Gomme Ch. 16

Claustrophobia

Compulsive disorder

De-institutionalization

Dissociative disorders

Epidemiology

Fetishism

Kleptomania

Medical model

Medicalization

Mood disorders

Myth of mental illness

Necrophilia

Obsession

Organic mental disorders

Pedophilia

Power–control theory

Psychopath

Psychotherapeutic

Pyromania

Stigma

Superego

Total institution

Transsexualism

Clinard Ch. 10

Alcohol and crime

Models of alcoholism (Clinard)

Alcohol and drug demographics

Dependence and tolerance

Problem drinker

Alcoholics Anonymous

Binge drinking

How are excessive drinking and alcoholism associated with social patterns and structures rather than individual or random effects?

Clinard Ch. 11

Prostitution

Sex work

Paraphilia

Clinard Ch. 16 (reserve)

Physical disability and the sick role

“involuntary” deviants

Socialization and the disabled role

How do the disabled differ from other deviants? How is one socialized into the disabled role? What is the socialization process for someone who is disabled?

Thio, Calhoun, Conyers Ch. 8– 16, 18 – 20, 24 – 26, 29 – 31, 34, 36

Ch. 8…What is the difference between reintegrative shaming and disintegrative shaming?

Ch. 9…When labeling theorists say the application of the deviant label is problematic, what do they mean? What are some of the consequences an individual experiences as a result of being labeled deviant?

Ch. 10…What aspect of criminality does phenomenological theory focus on?

Ch. 11…What is the main point of Quinney’s control theory?

Ch. 12…Daly in her article “Feminist Theory” identifies five patterns and trends of lawbreaking behaviour. List and discuss each briefly.

Ch. 13…What are some of the main premises of postmodern criminology? Explain the concept of hyperreality.

Ch. 14… According to Reuter’s article “Suicide Bombing: The Power of the Powerless,” what importance does an individuals community have on their decision to commit a suicide attack? According to Reuter, what most significantly affects individuals’ decisions to commit a suicide bombing?

Ch. 15…What are some of the characteristics of serial killers and their victims?

Ch. 16… According to the research presented in Kimmel and Mahler’s article, what are some of the triggers and causes for school shootings?

Ch. 18… According to Bates, in her article “Tenured and Battered,” how does she feel about the choice she made regarding her marriage? What new challenges arose?

Ch. 19…Differentiate between compliance and resistance when being stalked.

Ch. 20… According to Debra Jackson’s article “Child to Mother Violence,” what are some of the facts on child to parent abuse?

Ch. 24… What are the effects of a psychiatric label on a person?

Ch. 25…How did ADHD came to be accepted as a condition that could affect adults according to Conrad and Potter’s article “The Emergence Of Hyperactive Adults As Abnormal.”

Ch. 26… What are some of the consequences the obese encounter because they are stigmatized?

Ch. 29… What does the article “You’re Not a Retard, You’re just Wise” tell us about the nature of being mentally challenged and being stigmatized for it?

Ch. 30 and 31…Differentiate between sex tourism and prostitution.

Ch. 34 and 36…What are some of the issues related to legal drugs like alcohol and prescription drugs like Oxycontin?