Discuss how conflict theorists explain deviance
What will be an ideal response?
Conflict theorists take the position that the group in power ensures that its definitions of deviance are those that are accepted by mainstream society. Conflict theorists maintain that the law is an instrument of oppression and exploitation. The law is used to maintain the privilege of the few over the many. Because the marginal working class have little income and are desperate, they commit highly visible property crimes. The elites manipulate the criminal justice system and use it to punish the crimes of the poor and divert their own criminal activities away from this punitive system.
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a. no longer trust religious leaders and family. b. are alienated from the police and judicial system. c. wish to seek respect from those outside the ghetto. d. seek independence from the expectations of others.
In what year did the U.S. Social Security program begin?
a. 1914 b. 1935 c. 1942 d. 1965
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When it first emerged in the 1980s, postmodern thought offered the possibility for previously unheard-of (or at least underappreciated) forms of theory and writing. 2. Postmodernist believe it is possible to find rational solutions to social problems. 3. Postmodernist are trying to create a grand narrative. 4. Postmodernist are trying to create a metanarrative. 5. Jean Baudrillard rejects the whole idea of the social.
Population
What will be an ideal response?