In their work, scholars who adopt a conflict perspective on deviance usually emphasize how ___________
a. existing institutions can be improved through minor reforms
b. rehabilitation programs can change people by shifting the blame for problems in social populations
c. inequalities of wealth and power seem to account for the distribution of social problems in populations
d. police forces can be made more effective
c
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A position or rank that is assigned to a person at birth and cannot be changed is:
a. a closed status b. a fixed status c. an achieved status d. an ascribed status
Groups with significant social power typically have:
A. no trouble dealing with issues such as gender inequality. B. race as the pivot around which the rest of their lives circles. C. the luxury of changing their ascribed status at will. D. the luxury of remaining unexamined.
Describe attitudes toward interracial relationships in the United States historically and today, including laws and public opinion. How have opinions changed, how have they remained the same, and which groups are more likely to have favorable or
unfavorable views? Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Which of the following statements characterizes relationism? Select all, but only those that apply.
a. There are no absolutes because everything is relative. b. There is a relationship between specific ideas and larger systems of thought. c. Everything is historically or socially conditioned. d. Truth exists independently of social and historical conditions.