Exam 6: Crime and Punishment

The authors of the textbook write,"Post-September 11 America is set apart not by the presence of terrorism but by the victims of it." Explain this quote in one sentence,and provide one piece of evidence to support your interpretation.

According to sociologist Bruce Western,what are the three ways that prisons might possibly reduce crime?

One study analyzed more than 900 films and found that,with few exceptions,which group was represented as "Public Enemy Number One"?

Contrary to popular belief,social scientific evidence has shown that immigrants:

In the 1960s,when politicians mentioned cleaning up "violence in the streets," to what were they primarily referring?

After Japanese fighter pilots bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941,prejudice and paranoia directed at Japanese Americans boiled over,and Japanese Americans were seen as "the enemy within our borders." Compare and contrast the treatment of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor with the treatment of Arab Americans following the September 11,2001,attacks on the World Trade Center.

Since when have nonwhite urban neighborhoods have been subjected to heightened surveillance and police repression?

According to the textbook,what is one political consequence of being imprisoned?

African Americans have grown so used to being pulled over by the police that many speak of being stopped on account of DWB.What does "DWB" stand for?

Some social scientists have argued that a sizable proportion of the crime drop that occurred in the 1990s can be attributed to what?

The influence of race and economic class in predicting the probability of serving time in prison is best illustrated by:

Although most people associate the underground or informal economy with drug dealing,sociologists like Sudhir Venkatesh have shown it includes much more than that.List two examples,aside from drug dealing,that could comprise the underground economy.

How many Americans buy something each year as part of the underground economy?

When Eric Garner,a black man,was killed by the police in 2014,his only official crime was selling loose cigarettes.What might be another reason that the police attacked him?

Allison,a young African American mother of three,wants to move out of her predominantly black neighborhood because,as she tells people,"It is safer to raise my children in the suburbs." Allison's notions about her neighborhood safety are not matched by arrest rates for her current neighborhood versus the suburb where she desires to move,where violent crime is 30 percent more likely.Allison's reactions demonstrate:

When comparing white-collar and violent street crime,we might conclude that:

What is one way that the "code of the street" is supported by mainstream corporations?

Briefly summarize the debate surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin.What are three ways in which his case is an example of broader racial issues in the United States?

Some conservative politicians reacted to the Boston Marathon bombings by calling for a freeze on immigration reform.Which belief does their behavior reinforce?

What are the two reasons why most of the prison boom cannot be explained by rising crime rates?