Your text suggests that __________ is the probably the least effective of the ways listed to deal with crime and prison crowding
a. developing more effective community-based corrections
b. putting more money into law enforcement
c. addressing the social problems and institutions that give rise to and encourage crime
d. building more prisons
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Voting rates among lower-educated, lower-paid workers are lower than for people with higher socioeconomic status. This is an example of how __________ influences voting practices.
a. race b. ethnicity c. gender d. social class
Sociologists explain that the consequences of social change are ________
a. always positive. b. always negative. c. usually both positive and negative. d. impossible to assess.
There are two social movement organizations that want to reduce the wage gap between the rich and the poor. All of the group members are low-income workers. One group wants to increase the minimum wage, while the other wants to require employers to guarantee any part-time employee at least 25 hours per week. Which of the following concepts is described by this example?
A) inertia B) insider claimsmakers C) frame dispute D) conscience constituents