The recommended solution for alcoholism usually includes some type of treatment and possibly hospitalization. In contrast, the use of crack cocaine is legally punished. The difference may be explained by the fact that alcoholism has been ______ and crack cocaine use has not

a. medicalized
b. accepted as non-deviant
c. contextualized
d. normalized


a

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Which term refers to the violation of the criminal laws enacted by federal, state, or local governments?

a. deviance b. mores c. crime d. corrections

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A recent study by the Harvard Project on School Desegregation revealed that __________

a. resegregation of the races is decreasing b. the vast majority of white students attend schools that enroll an equal number of white and of minority group members c. enrollment of Hispanic students has decreased by almost 200 percent d. All of the above e. None of the above

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology