Another term for conventional or street crimes is:
a. white-collar crime
b. common-law crime
c. delinquency
d. petty crime
b
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Social scientists now distinguish between a dimension of stratification measurable by quantifiable variables and a dimension involving how people evaluate themselves and others. These can be termed the __________ dimensions
a. measured and unmeasured b. real and imagined c. experienced and perceived d. objective and subjective e. status and honor
The term "sociology" was first used by:
a. Auguste Comte b. Emile Durkheim c. Karl Marx d. Max Weber
What does the concept of the glass ceiling refer to?
a. When men in female-dominated fields are promoted faster than women b. The invisible barrier that keeps women from reaching the top positions in their fields c. Laws that keep women from obtaining the top positions in their fields d. The invisible barrier between male-dominated fields and female-dominated fields
Which of the following is the premise of the rational choice theory?
A. Rewards and costs determine a person's choices. B. People act intentionally to achieve goals. C. Coercion is the driving force behind all decisions. D. Individual choices are only limited by self-generated constraints