W25 Exam 2 Review

Laws requiring offenders to serve 85% of their prison sentences are named:

When did the number of incarcerated individuals reach their peak in the U.S.?

Which of the following is not true about race?

Which category of strain theory does Creed from The Office fall into from this video?

A weakening of the collective conscience or "a sense of normlessness" results in...

The wealth gap is ____ over the last 50 years

Which of these founders of sociology are most associated with functionalism?

"A form of bias in which adult characteristics are attributed to children" is....

Max Weber theorized that which religious traditions is particularly well suited to the growth of capitalism?

Differences in _____ are larger than differences in _____

Strain theory suggests that a society may be structured to have more/less deviance based on imbalance in two factors:

Which of the following are not deeply embedded components of the U.S. collective conscience?

Which term best captures how racist ideas and practices can become embedded into our societal structures?

Higher socioeconomic status is associated with ______ health outcomes compared to those with lower socioeconomic status

In Merton's strain theory, which is the "rebellion" category?

Which theory on crime helps us understand a hacker who rationalizes action by saying their target is evil or corrupt?

Which of the following is not an example of a social organization?

The median wealth for Black households in the U.S. is _______ than median wealth for White households

The _____ own the means of production, while the _____ are part of the means of production

The system of associating some areas as "riskier" than others for housing and mortgages is called:

Powder cocaine possession comes with harsher sentencing than crack cocaine possession

___ deviance is breaking of any social norm while ___ deviance is breaking of laws

Which most accurately captures wealth?

The great recession's effects on Black households was...

Which statistical measure is most representative of those in the middle of the distribution for income or wealth?

The U.S. population makes up ___% of the global population, but estimated ____% of the global incarcerated population

Which term applies to the process that was applied to drug use in the U.S. during the War on Drugs?

Which theory on crime highlights the role of socialization and peers in shaping criminal behavior?

Which theory helps us understand how those marked as "criminal" may be treated as such, and shape future behavior?

Our ______ shapes our lives, choices, and opportunities

Incarceration rates are currently increasing in the U.S.

The hierarchical ranking of people within society based on class, occupation, status, or education

Which of the following is a functionalist less likely to argue when it comes to the institutions of education?

Deviance that occurs after receiving a label of "criminal" or "felon" according to labeling theory is:

____ is used to measure the levels of economic inequality and make cross country comparisons

Selling drugs is behavior that would fall within __ category in Merton's strain theory

How would a functionalist approach studying policing?

Someone saying "I hate Taylor Swift" at a Taylor Swift concert is exhibiting...

Which of these types of policies are not correlated with the increase in incarceration from the 80s to early 2000s?

The feeling of disconnect from one's work was coined ___ by Karl Marx