Quiz E (Chapters 9 & 10)
Income and wealth are the same thing.
False
Street crimes cost more (in terms of life and resources) than do white collar crimes.
False
___________________ approaches argue that if it were not for the biased nature of the justice system, the poor would appear just as law-abiding as the affluent.
Social interactionist
To be white in the United States means all of the following EXCEPT _____________.
To have one's racial experience defined by others
According to Michalowski, real justice is social justice.
True
Minimum wage in the U.S. is the outcome of political decisions that have been shaped by elite interests.
True
Of the prosecutors elected, over 90% are white.
True
Structural strain theory contends that while desires for the "good things" in life cut across all social classes, those at the lower end of a system of unequal distribution have fewer resources to obtain them.
True
The least well-off people in the U.S. are those who __________________.
All of the above
The uppermost reaches of social class formation in capitalist nations such as the U.S. are inhabited by individuals who ______________________.
All of the above
The ability of social groups to mold popular consciousness by influencing the content of mass media, education, or other platforms of public communication is know as ______________________.
Cultural resources
The misdeeds of the wealthy are criminalized in the same way as the crimes of the poor.
False
The vast majority of the wealthiest in the U.S. reveals that they each earned their wealth on their own.
False
Wrongdoings that harm corporate profits are treated the same way in the criminal justice system as wrongdoings that facilitate profit.
False
___________________ was the first example of a class-based, mixed race rebellion which demonstrated the power of this kind of collaboration against the white elite, upper class.
Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion
The U.S. tends to dedicate greater resources to punitive justice strategies rather than preventative justice strategies when it comes to street crimes.
True
The ability of group members to benefit from relationships with others who can advance their interests by doing helpful things like providing references to employers or landlords, co-signing loans, providing insider stock market tips, fixing ticks, etc., are examples of social resources.
True
race impacts how victims are responded to by law enforcement or in court proceedings.
True
Victims, offenders, and above all professionals in the criminal justice system are more likely to be _______________ than any other racial group.
White
Which of the below racial groups is generally less at risk of being crime victims?
Whites