Research indicates that capital punishment is
A. an effective deterrent for criminal behavior.
B. the strong penalty needed to make the criminal justice system work.
C. an exception to the notion that killing solves problems.
D. not an effective deterrent to murder.
Answer: D
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A. Degradationism B. Deteriorism C. Desertification D. Aridification
In the U.S. sexual relationships between enslaved women and their master produced not only "mixed race" offspring but also sons and daughters. Yet the system of racial classification assigned the offspring of these unions to the race of the mother. This situation speaks to the importance of in determining race
a. chance b. choice c. context d. achieved characteristics
______ refers to the establishment by the dominant group of policies that allow or require the forcible removal of people of another ethnic group.
A. Assimilation B. Genocide C. Ethnic cleansing D. Pluralism
Which of these is TRUE of Matthew Desmond's study of eviction?
A. Landlords lose substantial income when they rent to poor renters. B. Women of color are most likely to be evicted. C. People who are evicted tend to spend only about 25% of their income on housing before their eviction. D. Most poor families receive public assistance but fail to manage it well.