Which of the following terms refers to positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities?

a. affirmative action
b. reverse discrimination
c. environmental justice
d. redlining


a

Sociology

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According to Vandiver, Giacopassi, and Gathje"s article, "‘I Hope

Someone Murders Your Mother!': Extreme Support for the Death Penalty,"support for the death penalty has declined since the nineties. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

Primary deviance is the initial act of breaking a rule.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

Many law firms continue to employ "runners," workers whose job it is to deliver documents by hand to courts, other law firms, and individuals. This job represents the persistence of what occupation?

a. messenger b. copyist c. bookkeeper d. typist e. secretary

Sociology

Conservatives differ from liberals in that conservatives

A. argue that the government should encourage low-income men and women to marry in order to ease hardships of poverty. B. want a much broader and more costly set of supports to be provided to employed parents. C. are against tax credits that would assist all families with at least one worker. D. contend that government programs should focus on encouraging nonmarital births and same-sex marriages.

Sociology