Which of the following statements about the relationship of crime to societal political ideology is TRUE?
a. Deviance and crime are the result of the working of the capitalist system.
b. Societies with a Marxist ideology are free of deviance and crime.
c. Societies with a Marxist ideology define deviance and crime differently than do capitalist societies.
d. The abolition of capitalism would do away with crime.
C
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Which of the following is an adaptive response to subordinate or minority status?
a. Feigned or real acceptance b. Seeking legal changes c. Legal strikes and boycotts d. Illegal protests
Sociologist __________ applied the term power elite to the most powerful in society, who are those at the top of business, the executive branch of the federal government, and the military
a. Karl Marx b. Robert Merton c. Emile Durkheim d. C. Wright Mills
Research studying the effects of day care centers on child development has found that:
a. all centers are fundamentally negative in their effects on children b. day care centers have a positive effect on children only when mothers have to work outside the home to support their children c. good quality centers have been shown not to be harmful to children d. child abuse is pervasive in day care centers
What is the principal difference between capitalist and socialist ideologies?
A. focus on money vs. government B. focus on freedom vs. control C. focus on democracy vs. authority D. focus on the individual vs. the collective