Exam 11: Crime and Justice
Exam 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems80 Questions
Exam 2: Wealth and Power: the Bias of the System80 Questions
Exam 3: World Population and Global Inequality80 Questions
Exam 4: Demographic Changes in the United States: the Browning and Graying of Society80 Questions
Exam 5: Problems of Place: Urban, Suburban, and Rural80 Questions
Exam 6: Threats to the Environment80 Questions
Exam 7: Poverty80 Questions
Exam 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality80 Questions
Exam 9: Gender Inequality80 Questions
Exam 10: Disability and Ableism80 Questions
Exam 11: Crime and Justice79 Questions
Exam 12: Drugs80 Questions
Exam 13: The Economy and Work80 Questions
Exam 14: Families80 Questions
Exam 15: Education80 Questions
Exam 16: The Health Care System80 Questions
Exam 17: National Security in the Twenty-First Century80 Questions
Exam 18: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems80 Questions
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The police are somewhat unique in the criminal justice process in that they tend to work with their clients in __________ which gives them a tremendous amount of decisional __________.
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How are corporate crimes different from white-collar crimes? Which is more damaging for society?
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A business operation that seeks profit by supplying illegal goods and services refers to __________.
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Official crime rates from the UCR are __________ because the fluctuations they show from year to year could really be due to many factors.
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Cheating on personal income tax and time theft are examples of __________.
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The basic problem with the statistics from the Uniform Crime Reports is that they focus on white-collar, organized, and political crimes, while underreporting crimes of violence and crimes against property.
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People labeled as criminals in the United States are disproportionately __________.
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What biases are evident in the U.S. correctional system? Who do they affect the most? Can they be fixed?
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Punishments handed out for corporate crimes communicate that __________.
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Failing to classify the systematically lower life spans for minorities as a crime illustrates the importance of the interests of the __________ class in defining crime.
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What types of things differentiate the U.S. correctional system from the world's most humane prisons?
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__________ believe that a swift and severe punishment acts as a deterrent for criminals.
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Moral order crimes are also known as __________ because they are commonly thought to only harm the person committing the crime.
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There are two types of criminals: the __________ offender and the __________ criminal.
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Even when crime rates are low, people harbor fears about being a potential victim of criminal activities.
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Central to the __________ system is a public battle between the accused and the accuser in front of an authority who can make a ruling.
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