What does the chapter-opening story about the conviction and imprisonment of Martha Stewart suggest about punishment in the United States?
a. The more you steal, the bigger the penalty.
b. Wealthy and powerful corporate executives are part of the population we think of as "criminal."
c. The U.S. criminal justice system has an anti-corporation bias.
d. Corporate executives are never subject to arrest and prosecution.
b. Wealthy and powerful corporate executives are part of the population we think of as "criminal."
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A facility that provides assistance with personal care such as help with medication, housekeeping, laundry service, and meals but does not provide major medical care is called
A. a nursing home. B. an assisted living facility. C. an adult family home. D. adult day care.
Which theory of collective behavior is comprised of six factors that when all present explains why collective behavior emerges?
A. minimax strategy B. value-added theory C. emergent norm theory D. conflict theory
Blacks over age 15 are less likely to be married than are Whites or Hispanics. Pick out the micro-level reason that might explain this.
a preference to remain single unstable work, low pay racism imbalanced sex ratio