Institutional racism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SOC100 FINAL – UofT Latest Update Graded A+ Prejudice an attitude that judges a person on his or her group's real or imagined characteristics Discrimination unfair treatment of people because of their group membership Racial Mixing it is impossible to neatly distinguish races based on genetic differences Race a social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one of more physical markers, usually with profound effects on their lives Scapegoat a disadvantaged person ...

Displacement - is the channeling of aggression towards something that had nothing to do with the original cause of frustration Implicit Association Test - Studies on approach speeds of different races show that people appear to walk slower towards us if they are from races we subconsciously do not like. (They are actually not walking faster, we are just more attuned to their presence.) Institutional Practices (Sexism) - (which may not be motivated by prejudice at all) that treat unfairly p...

OPOTA Exam Questions with Correct Answers Judgment #2 public willingness to defer the law and police authority - Answer-Result Correlation between those who obey and those who view police as legitimate, cooperate by reporting crimes and providing information Judgement #3 public belief that police actions are morally justified and appropriate - Answer-Result citizens are more likely to cooperate and defer in moments of crisis circumstances when filming police officers is permissi...

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OPOTA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLTUIONS CORRECTLY ANSWERED RATED 100% FOR PASS Explain the relationship between a SPO and a test question A test question must respond directly to an SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question Explain the ultimate reason for law enforcement training To be able to protect the life and property of yourself and the public List a peace officer's main goals - Enforce the laws - Preserve the peace, - Prevent crime - Protect civil rights and l...

The Color codes of the different types of chemicals used by law enforcement are: HC (Yellow), CN (Red), CS (Blue), OC (Orange) Four causes of illegible fingerprints include: Failure to produce focal point, "Skipping", failure to clean equipment and fingers, and insufficient ink. How long does a civil protection order last IN the state of Ohio? 5 Years The 2 types of racism are: Individual and Institutional What are the factors needed for the commission of a crime? Desire, Victim, and Opp...

The Color codes of the different types of chemicals used by law enforcement are: HC (Yellow), CN (Red), CS (Blue), OC (Orange) Four causes of illegible fingerprints include: Failure to produce focal point, "Skipping", failure to clean equipment and fingers, and insufficient ink. How long does a civil protection order last IN the state of Ohio? 5 Years The 2 types of racism are: Individual and Institutional What are the factors needed for the commission of a crim...

Who coined the term Sociology - Auguste Comte. Founding father of sociology What do Durkheim, Marx, and Webster have in common? - Their collective interest in explaining the ever present misery lurking within modern society What are the steps in the research process - 1. observation 2. hypothesis testing 3 analysis of data 4 generalization What is the Hawthorne effect - An effect first discovered while observing work groups. The work groups increased their productivity as soon as they kn...

According to Saperstein's 2014 study, what is a strange social byproduct of an individual's time in prison? they are more likely to categorize themselves as Black, and they are more likely to be categorized by others as Black Which characteristic would most likely be used to categorize a person according to the salience principle? skin color How does prejudice differ from discrimination? Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is a treatment. Racism that is expressed via policies an...

OPOTA STUDY GUIDE. EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 100% ACCURATE/ Relationship between an SPO and a test question - -a test question must respond directly to and SPO and every SPO may be the basis of a test question Ultimate reason for law enforcement training - -To be able to protect thew lives and property of your self and the public Police officers main goals - -Enforce laws preserve the peace prevent crimes provide services protect civil rights and liberties Explain items to...