What Is a Key Difference Between Deviance and Crime

question 42

Multiple Choice

What is a key difference between deviance and crime?

• A) All norm violations are deviant, but an act of deviance is only a crime if the act is prohibited in law.
• B) All deviance is criminal, but not all crime is deviant.
• C) Committing crime generates negative sanctions, but acts of deviance do not.
• D) Deviance is a more serious norm violation that crime.

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Definitions:

Opposite Direction

A term indicating a movement, action, or trend that goes in the reverse direction of a previously established pattern or expectation.

Correlation

A measure that represents the extent to which two variables change together, but it does not necessarily imply causation.

Validity

The extent to which a test, measure, or research accurately reflects or assesses the specific concept it is intended to.

Reliability

The degree to which an assessment tool or measurement can produce stable and consistent results over time.