According to a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, East St. Louis, Illinois, can be described as
a. the most distressed small city in America.
b. situationally beautiful, with scenic vistas overlooking the Mississippi River, but haunted by chronic drug problems.
c. a dilapidated city whose future is looking up.
d. a growing suburb of its larger city to the west, St. Louis, with all of the problems inherent in a rapidly expanding city.
A
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A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called
A. socialization. B. status. C. social structure. D. social inequality.
The fact that history textbooks still disproportionately highlight the achievements of men over those of women, and thus have the power to define men as more important and more able agents of history, is an example of what type of power?
A. cultural B. patriarchal C. masculine D. political
According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, people low in self-control have certain traits. Which of the following is not one of those traits
a. Impulsive b. Highly Motivated c. Insensitive d. Have trouble controlling their anger
Crack and powder cocaine have the same physiological and psychotropic effects but are handled very differently for sentencing purposes. On average, prison sentences for crack offenses are three to six times longer than those for offenses involving equal amounts of powder. Most defendants convicted of crack offenses in federal court are black, whereas most convicted of powder cocaine offense are
white. This situation is an example of a. covert discrimination. b. corporate discrimination. c. normative discrimination. d. institutionalized discrimination.