The influence of powerful economic elites on how seriously we take different types of crime is suggested by the fact that although minority street criminals are what we tend to fear the most, ________.
A. there is actually not much serious street crime
B. burglary and robbery cost the United States $3.8 billion a year, while white-collar crimes cost over $680 billion a year
C. most people would not like to see corporate criminals punished
D. corporate crime is not personally motivated by criminal intent
Answer: B
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A. Social class B. Socioeconomic status (SES) C. Poverty scale D. Social continuum
Sociologist Herbert Blumer suggested that the meaning of a thing for a person grows out of the ways in which others respond to the object and the person’s actions toward it. Which of the following does not fall into this understanding?
A. Burning the American flag is considered a serious taboo because it is viewed as unpatriotic. B. Many Catholics consider it offensive to wear the rosary as an everyday necklace. C. A chronically ill man is cured following a week of prayer. D. Some Muslim women choose to wear hijab as a statement of their religious faith
Population loss, economic subjugation, the imposition of foreign languages and cultures and the forced movement to new towns and industrial areas are just some of the:
a. effects of modernization b. ecological impacts of war c. postmodern critiques d. models for social change
Immigration typically flows from the Global South to the Global North due to ______.
A. Global South nations constantly being at war B. racism experienced in Global South nations C. the demand for cheap labor in the North D. Global North nations having more advanced democracies E. poor farming conditions in the Global South