Tommy lives with his grandmother in poverty. Tommy is potentially having a difficult time in school because he is being judged by ________, which are the standards by which his teachers are evaluating his performance in school

a. cultural transmissions
b. focal concerns
c. middle-class measuring rods
d. status frustrations


c

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a. is the same as the habitual offender law. b. has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. c. applies to criminal defendants only in California. d. is consistent from one state to the next. e. all of the above.

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Condescension can be described as an air of superiority that an individual shows toward another person.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Gang symbols may include a. clothing

b. emblems. c. colors. d. clothing, emblems, and colors. e. none of these choices.

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Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

a. Constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures are not violated by police who make warrantless entries and searches when the police have a reasonable basis to believe that an occupant within a house is in immediate need of aid. b. Police who seek to conduct a warrantless search must first advise a person that he or she has the right to refuse to consent to such a search. c. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Fourth Amendment does not restrict searches and seizures conducted by United States agents of a nonresident's property located in a foreign country. d. Courts often excuse compliance with the "knock and announce" requirement when to require strict adherence would endanger the lives of the officers or provide an occasion for occupants to dispose of evidence.

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