Which sociological perspective would be particularly concerned about studies that show that White criminal offenders receive shorter sentences than comparable Latino and African American offenders?
A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. feminist perspective
B. conflict perspective
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Laws such as "three strikes you're out" and "truth in sentencing" tend to restrict:
a. good time b. gain time c. both good and gain time d. mitigating circumstances
Compare and contrast the direct and indirect effects of war. Discuss an example of each.
What will be an ideal response?
Karl marx's conflict theory focused mainly on
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