Studying society as a system of interconnected components, such as examining the relationship between police, the courts, and the correctional system in criminal justice, is taking which kind of approach?

a. ethnomethodology
b. critical race theory
c. symbolic interactionism
d. structural functionalism
e. early positivism


D

Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Resource mobilization theory is based on the assumption that

A. reform movements are hindered by the involvement of the elite. B. participants in social movements are emotional and unpredictable. C. widespread discontent alone is enough to spark a social movement. D. money, people's time and skills, and material goods are all essential to social movements.

Sociology

A minority as used in the chapter refers to a socially identified population that

A. shares a sense of unity and suffers disadvantages due to discrimination. B. comes from another country and experience difficulties during migration. C. interacts with each other and segregates themselves from others. D. shares a physical trait that other people define as unique and different.

Sociology