As a consequence of state legal reforms efforts, ______ states now have financing plans in which schools in low-income districts receive an average of ______ more funding than higher-income districts.
A. 31; 10%
B. 27; 8%
C. 16; 5%
D. 20; 7%
Answer: B
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Mores differ from folkways in that mores ______, whereas folkways ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
David Cole, in his book No Equal Justice, reports that:
a. No differences exist by race and ethnicity in terms of police stops. b. White drivers are more likely to be stopped by the police than Hispanic drivers. c. Black drivers are more likely to be stopped by the police than white drivers. d. Hispanic drivers are more likely to be stopped by the police than white drivers.
A key concept in sociological studies of organized crime is that
A. crime syndicatesare organized along the same lines as legitimate businesses. B. it can occur within any kind of organization—corporate, educational, governmental, or religious. C. it is embedded in the ongoing and routine activities of organizations. D. individuals within the organization may participate in the behavior with little awareness that their behavior is illegitimate.
Chambliss's study of the Saints and Roughnecks shows
a. males, especially those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, are more likely to engage in serious forms of delinquency than are females. b. how being in the "wrong place at the wrong time" can result in some groups being labeled deviant while others are seen as legitimate. c. how the power of social class facilitates labeling some groups as deviant and others as legitimate even though behavior of both is similar. d. the power of schools and the police to reinforce positive values and social bonds for some groups of students, thereby preventing delinquency.