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- 1According to your text, which is the most common crimeTheft
- 2Which crimes are considered victimless crimes?Vice crimes
- 3Advocates of incapacitation believe recidivism can be reduced by:Placing the offender in prison
- 4Crime strengthens group cohesion, provides employment opportunities and acts as a catalyst for social change. Which sociological perspective would focus on the benefits of crime?Structural functionalism
- 5Carol steals a candy bar from a drugstore. She is apprehended. When Carol returns to school, no one wants to talk to her. Carol find acceptance among a group of girls who shoplift. While hanging out with them, Carol joins in the shoplifting. This is an example of which theory?Labeling theory
- 6Price-fixing, anti-trust violations and churning are examples of what type of crime?Corporate crime
- 7George is both gay and Hispanic. On the job he encounters discrimination because of his membership in two minority groups? This is known as.Double jeopardy
- 8Which is true about women regarding gender inequality in the U.S.?Women have lower incomes
Women earn fewer graduate degrees
Women hold fewer prestigious jobs - 9In hunting and gathering societies, men hunted and women gathered. This division of labor based on gender became defined as normal and natural over time. Which sociological perspective views this division as purposeful for the time?Structural functionalism.
- 10Symbolic interactionists emphasize that through the socialization process both females and males are taught the meanings associated with being feminine and masculine?True.
- 11Steve and Linda are married. Both work full time outside the home. Steve works as a lawyer, Linda as a schoolteacher. Linda does most of the household work. Using this example, which of these ideas explain the continued traditional division of labor?Relative resources approach, time-availability approach, gender role ideology.
- 12Negative viewpoints about homosexuality suggest homosexuals are promiscuous and avoid having committed relationships.Are inconsistent with findings showing many if not most homosexuals remaining in committed relationships.
- 13Approximately how many Americans identify LGBT?8,700,00
- 14According to the structural functionalist perspective why are homosexual relations considered deviant?They do not fulfill the family institutions main purpose of producing offspring.
- 15Negative attitudes toward bisexuality and people who identify as bisexual is known as biphobia?True
- 16White slaveholders believed they were superior to black slaves who were thought to have inferior intellectual abilities. Which sociological perspective recognizes that in equality between racial groups can contribute to the development and stability of society?Structural functionalism
- 17Which of the following is the deliberate systematic annihilation of an entire nation or people?Genocide
- 18According to conflict theorists, why do the elite encourage and perpetrate racial and ethnic tensions among the "have nots"?It deflects attention away from the elites own exploitation of minority workers
- 19The Trial of Tears is an example of which pattern of interaction?Population transfer
- 20Jane is not prejudiced against Arabs, yet she refuses to show real estate property to a young Arab couple out of fear that she will lose many white clients. In this example, Jane is engaging in which type of discrimination?Adaptive discrimination
- 21Which mode of adaptation is most associated with criminal behavior?Innovation
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