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...
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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