Sociology 1004                                                                                                Dr. Patti Adler

Deviance in US Society                                                                                            Fall, 2008

FIRST EXAM

 

There are two parts to this exam. Part I, which goes into Book 1, consists of one essay question (#1=16 pts) and six fill-in questions (2 pts each=12 pts), with 1 pt for each correct term and 1 pt for each correct explanation. There are a total of 28 pts for Book 1. In Book 2 goes essay #2 (14 pts), essay #3 (9 pts), and 7 fill-ins (14 pts) for a total of 37 pts for Book 2. There are 65 possible points that you can earn on this test. It will be graded on a curve.

In beginning this exam please write your name, your TA’s name, and your UGTA’s name on both of your blue books. Please write the color of your test on both blue books. Please sign your name on the front of both blue books to indicate your acceptance of the HONOR CODE (On my honor I have not cheated on this exam in any way). Be sure to use the REQUIRED FORMAT for the essay questions, clearly connecting each identification by number with its application. Anyone who does not use this format will receive NO POINTS on the application portion of their two essay questions.

REQUIRED FORMAT: You MUST write your answers to the following questions using the format that we sent out on email earlier and are illustrating again. Here is an example of the format you must use:

Sarah, a writer for the school newspaper, wants to write an article about the popular clique at school, the Cool Crew. Sarah is willing to do whatever it takes to write this article.

A. Sarah asks the Cool Crew how the gambling website works and how much money they actually make on it. From Adler’s chapter on studying drug traffickers, IDENTIFY the three ways of cross checking and APPLY them to how Sarah will cross-check the information she receives from the Cool Crew.

(Identify) 1- test information against common sense, 2- check information against a variety of reliable sources, 3-check accounts against hard facts

(Apply) 1- Sarah will follow the logic of what they say and see if could work. She will add up the amount of money they say they are making and count if it adds up correctly. She will assess their claims to see if they sound accurate to her.

2- Sarah will interview other people to see if their accounts about the gambling operation support each other.

3- Sarah will check their accounts against the actual money and possessions she sees them have. She will observe the website in operation.

 

ESSAY 1: Be sure to read the following essay (#1) question very carefully and answer all parts very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. It is worth 16 points: 1pt for each set of IDs and 2 pts for each APPLICATION.

1. Aquaman, Superman, Spiderman, and the rest of the superhero crew have recently been under attack in the news. The government is scrutinizing them, suspicious that their antics upstage the crime-fighting efforts of the regular police force.

A. The police are now ticketing and charging anyone who uses superpowers on the streets. Drawing on Quinney, IDENTIFY the six dimensions of the conflict theory of crime and APPLY the middle four to discuss how and why the dominant class (i.e., the government) likely took these actions against the superheroes and how the superheroes are likely to react. 9pts

B. In light of these definitions, citizen groups have turned against the superheroes, regarding them as negatively deviant. From lecture, IDENTIFY the three S’s, and APPLY them to discuss how three citizen groups could each apply a different view of how the superheroes’ deviance might be stigmatized. 7pts

 

BOOK 1 FILL-INS: For the fill-ins, read the questions and select your answers from the Detachable Terms Sheet at the back of the exam. After selecting the BEST word or phrase that fits grammatically and fills in the blank (and writing it in the blue book), BRIEFLY explain specifically why that answer is the best one. There is 1pt for every correct term that you fill in, and 1pt for every correct explanation. Note that your explanations must show how the definition of the term is applied in the scenario. Note: Do not write your answers on the test!

1. Polly Sheriff is on the police force in the small town of Perfectville , Kansas . Polly has not written a citation in the past 5 years and the courts have little to do. When the town council passes a new law banning smoking and dancing in bars Polly becomes a lot busier. According to Erikson’s chapter on the functions of deviance, the town council of Perfectville has ________________.

2. Hindus believe it is a religious violation to eat cows. You go to India to study Hinduism and return proclaiming that eating cows is deviant. According to her chapter on the harm-based perspective on deviance, Costello would consider your proclamation as ___________________.

3. Mustov decides that for sociology research class he is going to do research on Ketamine, a drug used in human and veterinary medicine that induces a state referred to as “dissociative anesthesia” and is used as a recreational drug. He puts the word out to everyone he knows, he posts research solicitations on Internet drug sites, and he makes announcements in all his classes that he’s looking for people to interview. According to lecture, Mustov is drawing a(n) ____________ sample.

4. Sir Movealot loves rap music, but his parents demand he listens to classical music as they did when they were younger. Although Sir’s parents keep a close watch on him, making sure rap music is never played, when they go to work during the day he puts on Snoop D-O double G and jams out to his rap music. From Potter and Potter’s chapter on the cyberporn panic, Sir Movealot’s parent’s behavior falls in to the category of _________________.

5. Frank Thetank and Barry Gut decide to throw a party at their frat house. Girls are always welcome but the boys who are not in the frat have to bring girls to be let in. According to Anderson ’s chapter on the black male, the girls represent the ______________ allowing admittance.

6. When Patti was choosing between her students Jim and Scotty for next semester’s UGTA position, she chose Scotty based on his tattooed and pierced body versus Jim’s clean-cut appearance. According to Chambliss’ chapter on the saints and roughnecks, Patti was basing her decision on a(n) ______________.

ESSAY 2: Be sure to read essay #2 very carefully and answer it very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. It is worth 14 points, 1pt for each ID and 2pts for each APPLY.

2. Epi Dural National Hospital employs the best doctors and nurses in the town of Hypochondria Hills.

A. Interestingly, an unusually large number of the nurses are male, and they are ridiculed by the doctors and the female nurses. From Blinde and Taube, IDENTIFY the three ways that female athletes internalize societal stereotypes about them as deviant, and APPLY them to the ways that the male nurses are disempowered for their gender. 7pts

B. It turns out that one of the reasons the male patients prefer female nurses in Epi Dural National is that many of the women are giving “happy (sexually gratifying) endings” with their patients’ sponge baths. Yet, surprisingly, few of these deviant acts find their way into the hospital personnel records. From lecture, IDENTIFY the three reasons why crimes fall off the path towards inclusion in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports, and APPLY them all to discuss the likelihood of the nurses’ acts progressing to the hospital personnel records at each stage. Be sure to give at least one illustration/example for each stage. 7pts

 

ESSAY 3: Be sure to read essay #2 very carefully and answer it very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. It is worth 9 points, 1pt for each ID and 2pts for each APPLY.

3. Suzie Slew is 18 years old and works as a stripper to make some extra cash. Not only does Suzie strip, but she also engages in many illegal activities while working.

A. You decide that for your class project in Deviance, you want to study strippers like Suzie from a sociological perspective. From Adler’s chapter on drug trafficking, IDENTIFY the five elements of field research methods and APPLY them to discuss how you personally would adapt the first four of them in your research on stripping. Be sure to give a specific example for each one. (Feel free to stretch your biography in answering this question!) 9pts

 

FILL-INS FOR BLUE BOOK 2:

 7. Berry Whornee is the captain of his high school basketball team. Worshiped by all his teammates, Berry has slept with almost every girl in his senior class. Berry ’s mother knows of her son’s promiscuous behavior, but decides to turn a blind eye until she finds out Berry has gotten one of his girlfriends pregnant. She immediately pulls Berry from school and sends him to a boarding school. According to Becker’s labeling theory, Berry ’s mother’s reaction to his deviance shows a(n) ____________.

8. In the Twilight Zone video, the doctor and nurses do everything they can to give Ms. Tyler the opportunity to fit into society. They are trying to make her look normal and repair her ______________.

9. The truth is out there, whether we want to know it or not. David Duchovny, the star of HBO’s Californication (and former star of the X-Files) and husband of celeb Téa Leone has admitted to having a sex addiction. According to lecture, his behavior would be considered a ____________________ violation.

10. Jessalyn loves gymnastics and takes classes from a very strict Russian instructor, Nicoli. Nicoli has been known to use strict and unconventional methods to teach his students. At school, Jessalyn’s teacher notices what look like cigarette burn marks on her arm. She immediately reports this to officials, suggesting that Nicoli’s gymnastics studio is abusive. Social services goes and investigates the allegation, but learns that the marks are only a rash According to Besharov and Laumann-Billings chapter on child abuse, this is an example of a(n) __________________ allegation.

11. In the ABC News program, Ecstasy Rising, the New York Medical Examiner’s role in the counter-moral entrepreneurial campaign was to provide _______________________.

12. Ida Doktor, the daughter of two well-known scientists, graduated from Harvard Medical School . Ilik Drogs’ parents own a Mom and Pop grocery store and could only afford to send him to the University of Illinois Medical School. Yet despite her pedigree, Ida didn’t study much and made barely passing grades, while Ilik worked like a fiend and graduated with honors. When they apply for residency programs, the Rice University Hospital in Houston offers their position to Ida. According to Pager’s discussion of the effect of a criminal record, Ida represents the _________________.

13. Jim holds stock in Federated Petroleum. One day, he realizes that his Federated stock is dropping rapidly and decides to sell and re-invest the money. His broker, Hon Orable tells Jim to invest in Subprime Mortgage Co. Jim doesn’t know it, but for each share of Subprime that Hon convinces his investors to buy, Subprime gives him an extra bonus. According to Liederbach’s chapter on doctors, Hon’s advice to Jim represents ___________________.


DETACHABLE TERMS SHEET

a danger message

a dramatic case example

achieved deviance status

ascribed deviant status

attitudinal

autonomy

behavioral deviance

black criminal

black non-criminal

boundary definition

chain referral

clothing

color coding

convenience

created a self-fulfilling prophesy

cyberporn as a media-induced moral panic

cyberporn as a moral mythology for middle-class parents

defined deviance down

defined deviance up

demeanor

fee-splitting

folkway

folkways

fostered social change

good reporting

ID card

law

loopholes

media attention

more

opportunity

perceptual bias

preconceived bias

probability

random

rate busting status

representative

rhetoric

self-referrals

snowball

status

the absolutist critique of the relativist position

the absolutist view of the relativist position

the beginnings of the moral panic

their grades

unfounded

unprovable

unrecognized

unreported

variation in consequences

violation by who commits the act and who gets harmed by it

violation in time

visibility

white criminal

white non-criminal


SAMPLE ESSAY FORMAT FOR EXAM 1

1. Aquaman, Superman, Spiderman, and the rest of the superhero crew have recently been under attack in the news. The government is scrutinizing them, suspicious that their antics upstage the crime-fighting efforts of the regular police force.

A. The police are now ticketing and charging anyone who uses superpowers on the streets. Drawing on Quinney, IDENTIFY the six dimensions of the conflict theory of crime and APPLY the middle four to discuss how and why the dominant class (i.e., the government) likely took these actions against the superheroes and how the superheroes are likely to react. 9pts

 A. IDENTIFY: I. The Official Definition of a Crime, II. Formulating Definitions of Crimes, III. Applying Definitions of Crime, IV. How Behavior Patterns Develop in Relation to Definitions of Crime, V: Constructing an Ideology of Crime, VI. Constructing the Social Reality of Crime

I. The official definition of a crime

II. Formulating definitions of crimes

The superheroes’ successful crime-fighting behavior highlights the incompetence in fighting crime by the regular law enforcement agencies and makes them look bad. They steal all the attention and credit. Therefore, the dominant class decides that it suits their interests best to define the actions of the superheroes as deviant.

III. Applying definitions of a crime

The government defines the actions of the superheroes as deviant and tickets them whenever they use their powers. They go about this vigilantly and with media attention. Yet at the same time they sweep governmental crime and deviance under the rug.

IV. How behavior patterns develop in relation to definitions of crime.

The definitions imposed on the superheroes’ behavior will brand them as deviant and they will begin to develop deviant self-concepts. This increases the likelihood that they will engage in more and different kinds of deviant behavior, such as using their powers for their own benefit and not exclusively for the good of society.

V. Constructing an ideology of crime

Even though the world suffers without the aid of the superheroes, the government defends their definition of the superheroes as deviant. But rather than admitting that they defined them as deviant to make themselves look better, they come up with some rationalization that suggests it is for the good of the people such as they are protecting them from possible future superhero abuse, dependency, or insecurity (from comparing themselves to superheroes).

VI: Constructing the social reality of crime


Sociology 1004                                                                                                Dr. Patti Adler

Deviance in US Society                                                                                            Fall, 2008

 SECOND EXAM

There are two parts to this exam. In Book 1 you should write the answers to the first two essay questions. The first is worth 14pts and the second 7pts, for a total of 21 pts for blue book one. In Book 2 you should write your answers to essay question #3 which is worth 14pts and to the 12 fill-in questions that are worth 2pts each, 1 pt for each correct term and 1 pt for each correct explanation. Book 2 offers a total of 38 pts. There are 59 possible points that you can earn on this test. It will be graded on a curve.

In beginning this exam please write your name, your TA’s name, and your UGTA’s name on both of your Blue Books. Please write the color of your test on Blue Book 2. Please sign your name on the front of Both Blue books to indicate your acceptance of the HONOR CODE (On my honor I have not cheated on this exam in any way). Be sure to use the REQUIRED FORMAT for the essay questions, clearly connecting each identification by number with its application. Anyone who does not use this format will receive NO POINTS on the application portion of their three essay questions.

 

BLUE BOOK 1:

ESSAYS 1 and 2: Be sure to read the following essay questions very carefully and answer all parts very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. They are worth 21 points: 1pt for each set of IDs and 2 pts for each APPLICATION.

1. Ivana Hummer owns and works at her construction company, Humm Job. Her father started the company and passed it on to her. Being a woman in a male-dominated field, Ivana experiences many stigma and stereotypes.

A. From Bemiller’s chapter on male cheerleaders, IDENTIFY the three face-saving strategies Ivana may use for her particular career and APPLY, being sure to give specific examples, these three strategies to how Ivana, as a woman, could perform her job. 7pts 

B. After unsuccessfully trying the above techniques for many months, Ivana decides she needs to find another method to cope with her stigma as a female construction worker. From Roschelle and Kaufman’s chapter on homeless kids, IDENTIFY the three strategies of exclusion and APPLY them, being sure to give specific examples, to how Ivana might use each to cope with her stigma. 7pts 

 

2. Oprah Winfrey is hoping to start a campaign to stop the rampant epidemic of eating disorders among men and (especially) women in the United States . Because of Boulder ’s designation as the 2008 fittest and thinnest American city, she comes to this very active and healthy community to understand the reasons why so many people turn to eating disorders, so that she can find ways to start spreading proactive solutions. From lecture, IDENTIFY the three perspectives [not the theories] on deviance and APPLY them, being sure to give specific examples, to help her explain how and why so many people have turned to eating disorders. 7pts

 

BLUE BOOK 2:

ESSAY 3 AND FILL-INS: Be sure to read essay #3 very carefully and answer it very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. It is worth 14 points, 1pt for each ID and 2pts for each APPLY. For the fill-ins, read the questions and select your answers from the Detachable Terms Sheet at the back of the exam. After selecting the BEST word or phrase that fits grammatically and fills in the blank (and writing it in the blue book), BRIEFLY explain specifically why that answer is the best one. There is 1pt for every correct term that you fill in, and 1pt for every correct explanation. Note that your explanations must show how the definition of the term is applied in the scenario. Note: Do not write your answers on the test!

3. The CU Club Dodge ball team is in financial trouble. Their losing streak is the longest in team history, they are jeered by students whenever they play, and they are in danger of being cut by the Athletic Department. Panicked, they decide to resort to desperate measures to restore their team status and financial solvency.

A. From Agnew’s chapter on strain theory, IDENTIFY the three reasons strains increase the likelihood of crime/deviance and APPLY them, being sure to give specific examples, to explain how the Dodge ball team’s unfortunate situation leads them to end up with STDs. 7pts

B. Despite their occasional outbreaks of burning during urination, urethral discharge, and a few genital sores, the team plays on through their season. From lecture, IDENTIFY the three steps of the career of deviant identity statuses and APPLY them, being sure to give specific examples, to the identity transformations the team members might experience as the result of their STDs. 7pts

 

FILL-INS:

1. When we first saw the Neanderthal cavemen portrayed in the Geico insurance commercials they were trying to fit in with Homo sapiens. But the abuse they received as the result of those ads [“It’s so easy, even a caveman can do it”] led society to reevaluate them, and most of them lost their jobs. As a result, they collectively decided that they no longer wanted to try to disprove this assumption, so they began to act violently, destructively, and to rebel against society. From the lecture on theories, the negative actions of the cavemen are best explained by _________________ theory.

2. Ima Goody grew up in a family with conservative values towards sex, drugs and alcohol. When she went to college, Ima had a lot more fun, making friends with girls who played around and partied with alcohol and drugs. After she graduated, though, Ima went back to her old conservative ways. According to Sutherland and Cressey, this scenario best describes the importance of ___________________ found in differential associations on influencing people’s behavior.

3. Stinkerbell’s fairy dust has a really awful odor to it. She starts thinking about the problem when she notices Peter Pan always choosing to walk instead of using her fairy dust to fly. From Degher and Hughes’ chapter on the fat identity, Stinkerbell may start to re-evaluate her identity as the result of _________________.

4. Ima Naddict started tooting up a little blow occasionally with friends, but soon discovered it could be used to control her weight. Delighted, she increased her usage to nearly a gram daily and soon lost 25 pounds. Still unsatisfied with her appearance, she wanted more. One day when her dealer was out of town and Ima needed the cocaine, she broke into his house and stole his stash. Confronted by the dealer upon his return, she blamed her theft on the drug’s addictive properties, saying they were too good to resist. According to Scully and Marolla’s chapter on convicted rapists, this represents the ________________________ account.

5. Gimme Yaorgins is the owner and operator of GetYourOrgans.com, a Web site that buys and sells internal organs on the black market. When Gimmie’s ring gets busted all she can say is, “My kids, my kids… I gotta do it for my kids!” From lecture, this represents a(n) _________________.

6. For months Sarah, Molly, and Jess have seen food disappearing out of their refrigerator. They each accuse the other of being the thief, but no one is taking responsibility for the missing food. One day Sarah goes to Molly’s bathroom to look for an Advil for a bad headache and finds a bottle of Ambien, the popular prescription medicine also associated with mid-night sleepwalking, sleep-driving, and sleep-eating. She runs to Jess to talk about her discovery, and they discuss possible unexplained changes to Molly’s weight. According to lecture, Sarah and Jess are engaged in _____________________.

 7. In the Little People documentary, one of the most prominent people featured was a man who sat on the table at the convention and spoke about the history of dwarves. According to Martin’s chapter on fat groups, the organizational frame this man was advocating for managing the stigma of dwarfism might best be described as __________.

8. Imma Creeper likes to look at child porn on the Internet when his wife is out of the house.  When his wife is home however, he hides the laptop that has all his favorite sites bookmarked and brings out the materials for his work project.  According to lecture, Imma’s deviance is considered ______________.

9. Ben Cutten is depressed about his life and uses self-injury to cope. His favorite location is his chest, which has become rather scarred. Although he’s a bit of a loner, when peers do ask him to join them for swimming or other pursuits which might require taking his shirt off, he demurs. He’d like to reach out and make more friends, but is afraid his secret might be discovered. According to lecture, Ben’s isolation is exacerbated by his ________________________.

10. Cody Hawkins, son of Coach Dan Hawkins, is the CU quarterback. Cody thought with his father in charge pre-season training would be a cakewalk. However, like his teammates he was presented with a schedule that mandated his attendance at two-a-day workouts, study halls, training table, and visits with boosters who donate money to the Athletic Department. According to lecture, this represents the ________________________ dimension of total institutions.

11. Nancy volunteered to organize the youth group retreat for her church, which was to take kids and adolescents into the mountains for a week of adventure, camping, and nature. But she got stressed out at work and bailed on the project, leaving the kids stranded. When she showed up at church the next time she said that she understood how painful the disappointment was for the kids and promised to organize another trip for them, brought muffins for the bake sale, and tried in several ways to show that she was not a chronic unreliable. According to Thorne and Anderson’s discussion of personal bankruptcy, Nancy is using the stigma management technique of ___________________.

12. Jack Hammer is a male stripper who really enjoys his job. He loves dancing and having a good time with his other stripper friends but does not want his friends on his football team to know about his job because he is afraid of their response.  From lecture, Jack is __________.

 

DETACHABLE TERMS SHEET

active status cues

activism

alcohol and drugs

an excess of definitions favorable vs. unfavorable to the laws

appeal to higher loyalties

avoidance

avoiding stigma symbols

avowal

bridge of secrecy

catching and identifying the deviant

concealment

conflict

covering

cut off from society

denial of responsibility

differential opportunity

disclosure

discreditable

discredited

disidentifed

distancing

emotional problems

exclusion

excuse

expressive-conformative

identity spoiling

instrumental-conformative

leading a double life

nice girls don’t get raped

only a minor wrongdoing

passing

passive status cues

placing

primary deviance

rationality

reaction

redemption

retrospective interpretation

sad tale

status frustration

stereotypes

strain

the frequency, duration, priority, and intensity

the relative intimacy

the social learning

total control

total subordination

transcendence

treating people differently

using disidentifiers

wall of secrecy

women as seductresses

women mean yes when they say no



Sociology 1004                                                                                                Dr. Patti Adler

Deviance in US Society                                                                                            Fall, 2008

 THIRD EXAM

There are two parts to this exam. In Book 1 you should write your answers to all of the fill-ins and the answers to the first essay question. The 14 fill-ins are worth 2pts each, 1 pt for each correct term and 1 pt for each correct explanation, for a total of 28 pts. The first essay is worth 16pts, for a total of 44 pts for blue book one. In Book 2 you should write your answers to essay question #2 which is worth 16pts. There are 60 possible points that you can earn on this test. It will be graded on a curve.

In beginning this exam please write your name, your TA’s name, and your UGTA’s name on both of your Blue Books. Please write the color of your test on Blue Book 2. Please sign your name on the front of Both Blue books to indicate your acceptance of the HONOR CODE (On my honor I have not cheated on this exam in any way). Be sure to use the REQUIRED FORMAT for the essay questions, clearly connecting each identification by number with its application. Anyone who does not use this format will receive NO POINTS on the application portion of their three essay questions.

 

BLUE BOOK 1: FILL-INS

For the fill-ins, read the questions and select your answers from the Non-detachable Terms Sheet at the back of the exam. After selecting the BEST word or phrase that fits grammatically and fills in the blank (and writing it in the blue book), BRIEFLY explain specifically why that answer is the best one. There is 1pt for every correct term that you fill in, and 1pt for every correct explanation. Note that your explanations must show how the definition of the term is applied in the scenario. Note: Do not write your answers on the test!

1. The Nigerian 407 operators, infamously operated by the Entebbe Organization, has finally been caught and brought down by Nigerian law enforcement. Upon investigation, the police found that the organization was small and flexible, acting to exploit economic activities available by sending out emails soliciting unsuspecting recipients to reveal their bank account numbers in the hopes of having a fortune in “trapped” funds transferred into their accounts. The Entebbes rose to power by violently cornering the market in their country and aggressively driving out competitors. From Rush and Scarpitti’s chapter on organized crime, the one feature of the Entebbe Organization that bore some resemblance to more traditional models of organized crime is their ____________.

2. James Ray is a very well known restaurant connoisseur/critic. He used to love going out with people to new restaurants, but now he likes to be alone. When his two good friends were looking for a good place to eat, they immediately wanted James’ opinion and company. James was happy to send them to his newfound favorite restaurant, but declined their invitation to eat with them, even though they offered to buy him dinner. From lecture, James would be classified as a __________________.

3. Bunin daOven is 15 and pregnant. She knows she’s too young to take care of the baby and doesn’t want to drop out of high school, but her religious parents won’t approve an abortion and the local clinic has been forbidden by government restrictions against offering one to her. Desperate, she finds a circle of high school youth who advise her on how to force a miscarriage with knitting needles in the hopes of dislodging the fertilized egg. She winds up in the hospital, but has scarred herself so badly that she will never be able to conceive again. According to lecture, this represents the form of __________________ deviance.

4. The economic crisis is biting into the holiday season, with Christmas tree lots expected to become a new target for theft. Sty Kup is torn between holding up a Christmas tree lot by himself and getting a few friends to assist him in a larger-scale and more lucrative robbery scheme. Although there might be many disadvantages he could see in the latter strategy, ________________ would NOT be among them.

5. According to the article, “Silent No More,” the "honeymoon period" is the time when upperclassmen can maximize their “luck” with new freshmen women. As the president of his fraternity, Malik Secs planned his party early in the semester, banned non-member males from attending, and held it at their off-campus house where women could be ferried to the house by “designated drivers” sweeping through the dorms who (conveniently) were not available for return rides. According to Armstrong, Hamilton , and Sweeney's article on campus rape, Malik’s strategy is focused on the ____________ level of analysis.


6. Called to a death scene, the coroner finds a deceased 20-year-old white male hung by the neck with his pants around his ankles. Further examination of the corpse revealed repeated bruising on the neck and wrists. A search of the deceased’s apartment revealed naked photos of the man in women’s underwear, several empty bottles of pain killers on the bedroom night table, and financial statements showing large debts outstanding. According to Turvey’s chapter on sexual asphyxia, the coroner’s ruling that this incident was not sexual asphyxia was based on ________________.

7. Julianne is a computer hacker who has sent out many fraudulent emails to thousands of people. In her emails, she claims to work for Charles Schwab and invites people to try new investment ideas by merely entering their Schwab user ID and password. According lecture, Julianne is engaging in _______________________.

8. John and Sam Stealmen are brothers and both exceptional students. For their Deviance exam, John does not make a note card because he accidentally falls asleep. As a result, he decides to tip-toe into his brother’s room and take his note card, leaving Sam completely frantic before the exam. John suggests to Sam that he saw their friend Frank lurking around the room the evening before in an attempt to cast suspicion away from himself. According to lecture, John’s cover story could be motivated by a fear of Sam’s __________________.

9. Little Tommy goes to daycare every day. While he’s there he wets his diaper every time so that when he gets home his mommy will change his and give him a snack. If he doesn’t wet his diaper he doesn’t get a snack. From Wright and Decker’s chapter on deciding to commit a burglary Little Tommy’s behavior is an example of _______________.

10. In Goode’s final chapter in the book on the concept of deviance, he discusses the politics of deviance versus the politics of deviance. As he described it, his interest lies primarily in how definitions of right and wrong are _____________________.

11. Demi Pointe is a member of a strict ballet company named Best of Ballet Company. Boravich, the owner of the company, is very fierce and sometimes uses force to make the company members dance the way he wants. Demi contemplates leaving the company to study ballet at another studio, but finds that without an invitation from another ballet director, she is stuck at Boravich’s. According to Williamson and Cluse-Tolar’s article on pimps, this represents the street maxim of ________________.

12. DJ Phunk got offered a record deal and his career skyrocketed. At first he loved the adulation and attention, but became disgruntled after he frequently got mobbed taking his kid to a Little League game, he was stalked by paparazzi at the beach with his wife, and he was threatened by wannabe rappers at a nightclub. From lecture, DJ’s second thoughts about his career may represent a(n)____________.

13. Janet comes from a poor neighborhood where many of her friends join gangs. Her cousin and sister are also in a gang, but she is not. Instead, she joins an afterschool “stitch and bitch” group and learns how to knit. According to lecture, this group would represent a(n) _______________.

14. Chuck ‘O Lotte and his crew are known around Pennsylvania for stealing massive amounts of Hershey factory chocolate. However, with the American concern about childhood obesity, they have trouble unloading the goods. In this health-conscious country, Chuck and his gang decide instead to steal massive amounts of snack bars from the Kashi factory. According to lecture, Chuck and his crew are engaging in a(n) ___________.

 

BLUE BOOK 1: ESSAY 1

Be sure to read the following essay question very carefully and answer all parts very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. It is worth 16 points: 1pt for each set of IDs and 2 pts for each APPLICATION.

1. Sirs4Furs, a crew that shows dogs in elite competitions, gets their show dogs in a variety of creative ways.

A. Not able to raise and train the show dogs on their own, one strategy that the group uses is to identify and recruit existing dogs and their owners who might be willing to participate in the competitive sport. They use a strategy of going to public dog parks and other outdoor venues in elite neighborhoods to locate potential competitors. From Bullock’s chapter on lesbian cruising, IDENTIFY the seven styles of lesbian cruising, and APPLY any four of them (with an illustrative example) to explain the different ways that Sirs4Furs members cruise the dog scenes trying to recruit dogs and their owners into voluntarily joining with them to compete in the shows. 9pts

B. When this strategy does not meet with enough success, Sirs4Furs members need to find other ways of acquiring dogs. They decide to resort to more desperate measures: stealing dogs from a variety of locations. From lecture, IDENTIFY the five stages of pickpocketing and (with an illustrative example) APPLY the first three of them with examples to show how the Sirs4Furs crew try to secretly steal dogs for the competitive dog show arena. 7pts

 

BLUE BOOK 2: ESSAY 2

Be sure to read the question very carefully and answer it very thoroughly and specifically. Be sure to use the required format. It is worth 16 points, 1pt for each ID and 2pts for each APPLICATION.

2. Fourteen year-old Iluv Dakock was recently turned on to porn on the Internet. Before long her fascination turns to addiction and is interfering with her school and family life.

A. From Gourley’s chapter on ecstasy users IDENTIFY the six elements of the career of subcultural learning and APPLY the last three of them (with an illustrative example) to Iluv’s introduction to, and experience of sex. 7pts

B. So young, so tight, so taut, Iluv quickly graduates from merely being turned on by porn to becoming inducted into the pornographic producing industry. From lecture, identify the four stages of the illegitimate career path and apply them (with an illustrative example) to Iluv’s likely trajectory through her porn star career. 9pts

 

TERMS SHEET

accept the seductions of residential burglary

additional activity

bird dog

bookie

bros before hoes

change in the nature of the experience

colleague

crime in the streets

currency of violence

deviant exchange

drift factor

earlier decline

end with no means

established and maintained

evidence of prior dangerous autoerotic practice

fading as a concern of sociologists

familial structure

focus on economic opportunities

form of deviant colleagues

guided by a firm moral compass

individual

interactional

keep the party going

keep up appearances

lateral shift

loner

mechanic

no shame in your game

organizational

peer

pharming

phishing

phraming

protective factor

rapid upward mobility

rebellion

recalcitrance

recruitment of outside assistance

reneging on future studying together

resistance to his sympathy

resolve to guard his stuff more carefully

retaliation

riboflavin

risk factor

Russian model of organized crime

shift to an entirely new scene

slippers before strippers

sponsor

suicidal evidence

the bitch is slapped but not rapped

the difficulty of assembling a specialized crew of over a dozen members

the game is sold but not told

the likelihood that others will land heat   on him with their loose lips

the possibility of others panicking if something goes awry

the problems of who would be in charge of the caper

the victim’s age and gender

transvestism

use of fraud

vertical shift

use of the Internet