The recidivism rate, which is the percentage of released convicts who are rearrested, is _____ within three years of release.

a.15%
b. 38%
c. 68%
d. 91%


c. 68%

Sociology

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_____ crimes are those motivated by various forms of social bias

a. Personal b. Victimless c. Preference d. Hate

Sociology

Which of the following "factors favoring violence" applies to the situation in which a person attempts to escape responsibility by blaming someone else?

A. The notion that rank, prestige, wealth, or the like makes it possible for one to "get away with murder". B. "I was just carrying out orders." C. "If I am treated like a rat, I might as well act like one. What have I got to lose?" D. Alcohol, mind-altering drugs, hypnotism, mass frenzy, and the like.

Sociology

Technocracies are based on the belief in ______ that produce(s) certain unintended consequences when technologies are used to address nontechnical social problems.

A. sociotechnical systems B. crisis science C. science machines D. technological fixes

Sociology

When school systems were required to teach that the dominant culture was better than other cultures, they were being told to teach a(n) __________ version of history.

A. evolutionary B. ethnographic C. ethnonormative D. socialized

Sociology