A person convicted of a crime-even when prior arrest record and severity of the crime are taken into account-is more likely to receive a shorter prison sentence if he or she is
A. Hispanic.
B. White and non-Hispanic.
C. Asian or Native American.
D. Black.
Answer: B
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Teaching students about the physical and political geography of their state, their country, and the world is a(n)
A. manifest function of education. B. latent function of education. C. dysfunction of education. D. example of the correspondence principle.
Social scientists say that ethnic groups can be identified by their ______ similarity.
A. biological B. psychological C. cultural D. political
The primary weakness of the labeling theory is
A. that it overemphasizes social attachment. B. its disregard for the role of those with power in creating deviance. C. that it does not explain the reasons for the behavior that comes to be labeled as deviant. D. that it overstates the subjective nature of identifying deviance.
Which of the following is an example of nonreactive research?
a. Gathering data from government studies b. Educating classrooms on the necessities of safe sex c. Interviewing heroin addicts and providing them with clean needles d. Volunteering at a local food bank and interacting with homeless persons