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What is one reason why sociologists believe immigrants may commit less crime? o :# Their neighborhoods often have codes of informal social control In addition to America's history of racism, which is the best explanation for Americans' fears about crime in relationship to race? o :# Some media...

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ASAM Midterm Questions and Answers
What is one reason why sociologists believe immigrants may commit less crime?

o :# Their neighborhoods often have codes of informal social control




In addition to America's history of racism, which is the best explanation for Americans'

fears about crime in relationship to race?

o :# Some media portrayals tap into a collective fear of blackness




Which demographic group commits the majority of school shootings within the United

States?

o :# White Males




Which kind of crime grosses between $300 bullion and $660 billion each year?

o :# White-collar




When comparing white-collar and violent street crime, we might conclude based on

evidence in this chapter that

o :# white-collar crimes potentially damage society as much or more than violent

street crimes because they cost society billions of dollars per year and even result

in more deaths and injuries.

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Why might immigrant women more likely become the repeated victims of intimate

partner violence than native-born American women?

o :# A woman's risk of partner abuse increases the more isolated she is from the

wider society, and immigrant women are perhaps the most isolated in America;

many abuse programs and shelters are located in nonimmigrant neighborhoods.




When boxer Mike Tyson was accused of raping Desiree Washington, a young black

woman, many prominent African Americans were eager to quash the "black male rapist"

trope and rushed to Tyson's side. This situation is an example of

o :# black protectionism




What is one way that the "code of the street" is supported by mainstream corporations?

o :# Designers like Louis Vuitton and Versace embrace hip-hop styles, influences,

and even musicians in their advertising and brand marketing.




Consider these two scenarios: First, a corporate executive ignores environmental

regulations and dumps chemical near a city's water supply, which results in three deaths.

The executive is fired but does not face a criminal trial. Second, a man robs a

convenience store and, while trying to escape, he hits a bar and kills three people. the

man serves 20 years in jail. What do these differences tell us about criminalization

processes

o :# How we define crime is connected to systems of power

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Since when have poor, nonwhite urban neighborhoods have been subjected to

heightened surveillance and police repression?

o :# the racial uprisings of the 1960s




After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, the police did not

arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law. What was teh supposed purpose of

this law?

o :# It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they perceived

as a threat.




According to the textbook, what is one political consequence of being imprisoned?

o :# In many states, felons lose the right to vote.




According to sociologist Bruce Western, what are three ways that prisons might possibly

reduce crime?

o :# rehabilitation, incapacitation, and deterrence




When police have unjustly used deadly force against African Americans, the author

cautions us from simply blaming "racist" police and demanding their resignation. Which

argument do the authors use to support their position?

o :# Simply attacking the police as racists ignores our complicity in a system that

facilitates racially motivated violence

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