Question

7 multiple choice 1 point a teenager from a low - income family feels pressured to succeed financially but lacks access to educational resources. this pressure, combined with limited opportu lead them to deviant behavior. this scenario is best explained by which theory? labeling theory social disorganization theory strain theory sex role theory 8 multiple choice 1 point judys mother gave her an angry gesture after she burped in public. this is an example of: hating informal social control social shaming formal reprimanding 9 multiple choice 1 point larceny, burglary, and motor vehicle theft are all _________ property crimes serious offenses inchoate offenses misdemeanors

Explanation:

• Question 7: Strain Theory posits that social structures can pressure individuals to commit crime. Here, the teenager faces pressure to succeed financially (a societal goal) but lacks access to legitimate means (educational resources), leading to deviant behavior. Labeling Theory focuses on how society's reaction to a person labels them as deviant. Social Disorganization Theory emphasizes neighborhood - level factors like poverty and ethnic heterogeneity leading to crime. Sex Role Theory is about gender - based expectations and crime.
• Question 8: Informal social control involves unwritten, everyday methods of regulating behavior, like a parent's angry gesture. Hating is an emotion, not a form of social control. Social shaming is a more public and intense form of disapproval. Formal reprimanding would involve an official, structured form of correction (e.g., a school suspension).
• Question 9: Larceny (theft of personal property), burglary (entering a building with intent to commit a crime, often theft), and motor vehicle theft all involve the taking or interfering with someone else's property. Serious offenses is too broad. Inchoate offenses are crimes that are in the preparation stage (e.g., attempt, conspiracy). Misdemeanors are a category of crime (less serious than felonies in some legal systems), but property crime is a more specific classification for these acts.

Answer:

1. C. Strain Theory
2. B. informal social control
3. A. property crimes