Which one of the following crime rates was higher in the United States than in Europe during the 1980s and 1990s?

A burglar who wants to live in the suburbs along with lawyers and stockbrokers will pursue material success by violating the law. In Robert Merton's terms, the burglar is a(n):

Which of the following offered pioneering insights regarding professional criminals by publishing an annotated account written by a professional thief?

Which of the following conducted observation research on two groups of high school males-the Saints and the Roughnecks-and concluded that social class played an important role in the varying fortunes of the two groups?

In Merton's terms, a person who has abandoned the goal of material success and become compulsively committed to the institutional means is a (an):

Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful?

An important aspect of labeling theory is the recognition that some people or groups have the power to define labels and apply them to others. This view recalls the emphasis placed on the social significance of power by the:

According to Merton, the most common adaptation in the anomie theory of deviance is:

If we fail to respect and obey social norms, we may face punishment through informal or formal:

A useful distinction between conformity and obedience was made by social psychologist: