Compared to the 26 European countries with the largest inmate populations, the United States
A) Has about the same prison population as the average for those countries
B) Has a larger prison population numerically, but in proportion to population size, the U.S. prison population is about the same as the prison populations of European countries.
C) Has about the same prison population as the total for those countries
D) Has considerably more people in prison than the total for those countries.
Answer: D
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A) anomie B) reinforcement C) modeling D) patriarchy
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a. companionate marriage b. marriage gradient c. heterogamy d. homogamy
________ is defined as the use of the discipline of sociology with the specific intent of yielding practical applications for human behavior and organizations.
A. Basic sociology B. Applied sociology C. Pure science D. Clinical sociology