Question 1

"Structural disadvantage" refers to what?

Accepted Answer

A) the concentrated accumulation of overlapping and mutually reinforcing social problems in a single residential area 
B) the genetic predisposition of African Americans to committing violent crime 
C) the extent to which people of color are able to commit crimes without being brought to trial 
D) the inability of whites to get away with committing violent crime,especially in predominantly white residential areas 
A) the concentrated accumulation of overlapping and mutually reinforcing social problems in a single residential area 
B) the genetic predisposition of African Americans to committing violent crime 
C) the extent to which people of color are able to commit crimes without being brought to trial 
D) the inability of whites to get away with committing violent crime,especially in predominantly white residential areas A

Question 2

According to opinion polls,what was one of the primary concerns of U.S.voters during the mid-1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) civil rights 
B) crime 
C) gender discrimination 
D) immigration 
A) civil rights 
B) crime 
C) gender discrimination 
D) immigration A

Question 3

In the 1960s,politicians began what has come to be known as the "war on drugs," a product of which includes increased imprisonments for nonviolent drug offenses.Which of the following was one result of the war on drugs during the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) Potential race rioters were arrested. 
B) Drug trafficking decreased. 
C) Sexual violence decreased. 
D) Drug use decreased. 
A) Potential race rioters were arrested. 
B) Drug trafficking decreased. 
C) Sexual violence decreased. 
D) Drug use decreased. A

Question 4

In what way did lynch mobs uphold white patriarchy?

Accepted Answer

By cultivating within white wo

Question 5

According to the figure below,"Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment," which group has a higher chance of imprisonment than white men?

Accepted Answer

A) Latina women 
B) black women 
C) Latino men 
D) white women 
A) Latina women 
B) black women 
C) Latino men 
D) white women

Question 6

What is one reason why sociologists believe immigrants may commit less crime?

Accepted Answer

A) They usually have low marriage rates. 
B) They often have fewer high-end stores and homes in their neighborhoods. 
C) Their neighborhoods often have codes of informal social control. 
D) They fear deportation. 
A) They usually have low marriage rates. 
B) They often have fewer high-end stores and homes in their neighborhoods. 
C) Their neighborhoods often have codes of informal social control. 
D) They fear deportation.

Question 7

At Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm,how many prisoners died under cruel working conditions?

Accepted Answer

A) one in two 
B) one in six 
C) one in twenty 
D) one in forty-five 
A) one in two 
B) one in six 
C) one in twenty 
D) one in forty-five

Question 8

What is the most widely used drug in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) cocaine 
B) marijuana 
C) oxicodone 
D) heroin 
A) cocaine 
B) marijuana 
C) oxicodone 
D) heroin

Question 9

Evaluate the claim that the rise in the prison population was simply a response to a rising crime rate.Provide at least two pieces of evidence from Chapter 6 to support your answer.

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Question 10

What was the Jena 6 case,and what is one point the case highlights regarding race relations in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Answers may vary and should include the

Question 11

What would be an example of what Bruce Western calls "deterrence"?

Accepted Answer

A) A former drug dealer who decides in prison that he or she wants to be part of the formal economy and decides to go to college to be a teacher. 
B) A mass murderer who is prevented from committing any more violent crimes because he or she is locked up in prison. 
C) A person who refrains from stealing a designer dress when she realizes she would end up paying more in legal fines than the cost of the dress if she got caught. 
D) A person convicted of raping women who takes a class in prison on feminism and begins to repent his or her crimes. 
A) A former drug dealer who decides in prison that he or she wants to be part of the formal economy and decides to go to college to be a teacher. 
B) A mass murderer who is prevented from committing any more violent crimes because he or she is locked up in prison. 
C) A person who refrains from stealing a designer dress when she realizes she would end up paying more in legal fines than the cost of the dress if she got caught. 
D) A person convicted of raping women who takes a class in prison on feminism and begins to repent his or her crimes.

Question 12

Bartholomew Whitehouse,a panhandler and former slave,was arrested in 1898 and imprisoned for six months without trial.Which law allowed this to occur?

Accepted Answer

A) stop and frisk 
B) the Three-Fifths Compromise 
C) vagabond laws 
D) the Dream Act 
A) stop and frisk 
B) the Three-Fifths Compromise 
C) vagabond laws 
D) the Dream Act

Question 13

What proportion of the crime drop in the 1990s would have occurred even without the prison boom?

Accepted Answer

A) one-fourth 
B) one-half 
C) three-fifths 
D) nine-tenths 
A) one-fourth 
B) one-half 
C) three-fifths 
D) nine-tenths

Question 14

Why might immigrant women be more prone to become the repeated victims of intimate partner violence than native-born American women?

Accepted Answer

A) Even though the reality of the presence of immigrants in American society may be a reduction in overall crime,our society's institutions and media promote the acceptance of violence between immigrant couples. 
B) A woman's risk of partner abuse increases the more isolated she is from the wider society,and immigrant women are perhaps the most isolated in America;many abuse programs and shelters are located in nonimmigrant neighborhoods. 
C) Immigrant women are less likely to be educated in American institutions,and therefore their reports of violence and abuse happen within the networks of their communities in their countries of origin. 
D) The media portrays solutions to the "problems of immigrants" as deportation,so society does not punish or arrest men in immigrant communities if they act violently toward women. 
A) Even though the reality of the presence of immigrants in American society may be a reduction in overall crime,our society's institutions and media promote the acceptance of violence between immigrant couples. 
B) A woman's risk of partner abuse increases the more isolated she is from the wider society,and immigrant women are perhaps the most isolated in America;many abuse programs and shelters are located in nonimmigrant neighborhoods. 
C) Immigrant women are less likely to be educated in American institutions,and therefore their reports of violence and abuse happen within the networks of their communities in their countries of origin. 
D) The media portrays solutions to the "problems of immigrants" as deportation,so society does not punish or arrest men in immigrant communities if they act violently toward women.

Question 15

After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012,the police did not arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law.What was the supposed purpose of this law?

Accepted Answer

A) It required people to call the police when they perceived someone might be a physical threat. 
B) It encouraged people to retreat from violent conflict at any cost. 
C) It forced people to stay where they were when they sensed a threat to themselves or others. 
D) It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they perceived as a threat. 
A) It required people to call the police when they perceived someone might be a physical threat. 
B) It encouraged people to retreat from violent conflict at any cost. 
C) It forced people to stay where they were when they sensed a threat to themselves or others. 
D) It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they perceived as a threat.

Question 16

The textbook authors pose the following question: "Why,we might ask,is the corporate supervisor who,by ignoring safety precautions in the name of profit,directly is responsible for a mine caving in and killing ten men merely fined or fired,but the crazed man who guns down ten people in a shopping mall receives the death penalty?" Answer the question and provide at least two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answer.

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Question 17

How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs?

Accepted Answer

A) Lynch mobs were not seen as justifiable by the general public. 
B) Lynch mobs were justifiable because they supposedly did not kill many people. 
C) Black lynch mobs attacked whites in equal numbers to those blacks attacked by white lynch mobs. 
D) Lynch mobs supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists. 
A) Lynch mobs were not seen as justifiable by the general public. 
B) Lynch mobs were justifiable because they supposedly did not kill many people. 
C) Black lynch mobs attacked whites in equal numbers to those blacks attacked by white lynch mobs. 
D) Lynch mobs supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists.

Question 18

Most people arrested in the United States are of what racial-ethnic background?

Accepted Answer

A) white 
B) black 
C) Asian 
D) Hispanic 
A) white 
B) black 
C) Asian 
D) Hispanic

Question 19

In 2008,Bernie Madoff,a former Wall Street broker,committed an elaborate Ponzi scheme and was found guilty of making fraudulent investments totaling over $60 billion.What is this type of crime called?

Accepted Answer

A) backdoor crime 
B) cyber crime 
C) white-collar crime 
D) green eyeshade crime 
A) backdoor crime 
B) cyber crime 
C) white-collar crime 
D) green eyeshade crime

Question 20

Jasper,a young black man in Chicago,gets by as a low-level drug dealer.Given studies cited in the textbook,what can we likely conclude about his income and hours worked doing so?

Accepted Answer

A) Jasper probably makes close-to or less-than minimum wage,with hours that add up to only part-time work. 
B) Jasper works overtime compared to the traditional workweek and makes a lucrative living,pulling in a couple of thousand dollars a week. 
C) Jasper is "killing it" by working only a few hours a week but making money that adds up to a six-figure yearly salary. 
D) Jasper works for a well-structured organized gang that pays him a salary through the ranks of their leadership for the work he does,meaning he makes the same amount no matter what hours he works. 
A) Jasper probably makes close-to or less-than minimum wage,with hours that add up to only part-time work. 
B) Jasper works overtime compared to the traditional workweek and makes a lucrative living,pulling in a couple of thousand dollars a week. 
C) Jasper is "killing it" by working only a few hours a week but making money that adds up to a six-figure yearly salary. 
D) Jasper works for a well-structured organized gang that pays him a salary through the ranks of their leadership for the work he does,meaning he makes the same amount no matter what hours he works.

"Structural disadvantage" refers to what?

According to opinion polls,what was one of the primary concerns of U.S.voters during the mid-1960s?

In the 1960s,politicians began what has come to be known as the "war on drugs," a product of which includes increased imprisonments for nonviolent drug offenses.Which of the following was one result of the war on drugs during the 1970s?

In what way did lynch mobs uphold white patriarchy?

According to the figure below,"Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment," which group has a higher chance of imprisonment than white men?

What is one reason why sociologists believe immigrants may commit less crime?

At Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm,how many prisoners died under cruel working conditions?

What is the most widely used drug in the United States?

Evaluate the claim that the rise in the prison population was simply a response to a rising crime rate.Provide at least two pieces of evidence from Chapter 6 to support your answer.

What was the Jena 6 case,and what is one point the case highlights regarding race relations in the United States?

What would be an example of what Bruce Western calls "deterrence"?

Bartholomew Whitehouse,a panhandler and former slave,was arrested in 1898 and imprisoned for six months without trial.Which law allowed this to occur?

What proportion of the crime drop in the 1990s would have occurred even without the prison boom?

Why might immigrant women be more prone to become the repeated victims of intimate partner violence than native-born American women?

After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012,the police did not arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law.What was the supposed purpose of this law?

How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs?

Most people arrested in the United States are of what racial-ethnic background?

In 2008,Bernie Madoff,a former Wall Street broker,committed an elaborate Ponzi scheme and was found guilty of making fraudulent investments totaling over $60 billion.What is this type of crime called?

Jasper,a young black man in Chicago,gets by as a low-level drug dealer.Given studies cited in the textbook,what can we likely conclude about his income and hours worked doing so?

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Exam 6: Crime and Punishment

"Structural disadvantage" refers to what?

According to opinion polls,what was one of the primary concerns of U.S.voters during the mid-1960s?

In the 1960s,politicians began what has come to be known as the "war on drugs," a product of which includes increased imprisonments for nonviolent drug offenses.Which of the following was one result of the war on drugs during the 1970s?

In what way did lynch mobs uphold white patriarchy?

According to the figure below,"Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment," which group has a higher chance of imprisonment than white men?

What is one reason why sociologists believe immigrants may commit less crime?

At Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm,how many prisoners died under cruel working conditions?

What is the most widely used drug in the United States?

Evaluate the claim that the rise in the prison population was simply a response to a rising crime rate.Provide at least two pieces of evidence from Chapter 6 to support your answer.

What was the Jena 6 case,and what is one point the case highlights regarding race relations in the United States?

What would be an example of what Bruce Western calls "deterrence"?

Bartholomew Whitehouse,a panhandler and former slave,was arrested in 1898 and imprisoned for six months without trial.Which law allowed this to occur?

What proportion of the crime drop in the 1990s would have occurred even without the prison boom?

Why might immigrant women be more prone to become the repeated victims of intimate partner violence than native-born American women?

After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012,the police did not arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law.What was the supposed purpose of this law?

How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs?

Most people arrested in the United States are of what racial-ethnic background?

In 2008,Bernie Madoff,a former Wall Street broker,committed an elaborate Ponzi scheme and was found guilty of making fraudulent investments totaling over $60 billion.What is this type of crime called?

Jasper,a young black man in Chicago,gets by as a low-level drug dealer.Given studies cited in the textbook,what can we likely conclude about his income and hours worked doing so?

Race in the Twenty-First Century

The Invention of Race

Politics

Economics

Housing

Education

Aesthetics

Associations

Intimate Life

Toward Racial Democracy

Filters