Deviance and Crime
Being arrested for a crime would be considered what?
A. positive formal social sanction
B. positive informal social sanction
C. negative formal social sanction
D. negative informal social sanction
C. Negative formal social sanction
If I was hired as a cashier because my friend recommended me to the owner, what kind of capital would I have been using to get that job?
Social capital
Yes/No. According to your book, do sociologists consider extreme wealth a social problem (similar to extreme poverty)?
Yes
The Chinese Exclusion Act explicitly forbid Chinese workers from coming into the United States. What kind of racism would this be?
A. Overt interpersonal racism
B. Overt institutional racism
C. Covert interpersonal racism
D. Covert institutional racism
B. Overt Institutional Racism
People of color being more likely to be arrested, having higher rates of negative interactions with the police, experiencing more police misconduct, and being more likely to be killed by the police is a result of what discriminatory practice?
Racial profiling
What term describes a person’s tastes, habits, expectations, skills, knowledge, and other cultural assets that help them gain advantages in society?
cultural capital
Who are the most likely to be exploited by landlords and overcharged on rent?
Americans living in poverty / the poorest Americans
Asian Americans are pointed to as the best example of racial minorities while other racial minorities are deemed problematic, isolating Asian Americans from other racial minorities in the process and hiding the discrimination they receive. These are the harmful effects of what concept?
The model minority myth
What type of crime is usually committed in private?
White-collar crime
What is the type of social mobility that describes changes in the social status of large numbers of people as a result of large, overarching changes in society?
Structural mobility
What is one challenge a grade-school student living in poverty might face?
They often experience more stress and have less resources at home. Children in poverty also have higher rates of developmental, learning, and intellectual disabilities.
What is one form of discrimination that Arab Americans have experienced?
Restricted immigration; victims of arson, bombings, assaults, and attempted murder; have faced arbitrary detention, racial profiling, and aggressive security checks
What is one example of a rehabilitative practice in criminal justice?
Providing education, job training, mental health and substance abuse services, and opportunities to build social connections and community outside of prison to prisoners are all rehabilitative practices
What is economic capital?
Economic resources such as money, property, or wealth
As discussed in lecture, what is one aspect of life where it “costs more to be poor?”
Costs surrounding transportation, household goods, healthcare, and financial services are often increased for poor Americans.
What is the name of the effect describing the decline in community participation (such as socializing, reporting crimes, working, etc.) which both Latinx citizens and Latinx immigrants experience as a result of the fear of discrimination and deportation
the "chilling effect"
According to your book, what is the process by which an individual self-identifies as deviant and initiates their own labeling process?
deviance avowal
As discussed in lecture, what are the four principles of stratification?
1. Stratification is characteristic of society, not of individual differences
2. Stratification persists over generations
3. Although all societies rank their members and have stratification in some form, different societies use different criteria for ranking them
4. Stratification is maintained through shared beliefs
How is healthcare linked to having a job?
The majority of people get healthcare benefits through their employer, so if you have a job and what kind of benefits jobs offer make a difference. Most low income jobs do not provide healthcare.
Why were Native American boarding schools established and what were the conditions like in them?
Native American boarding schools were established to “civilize” Native children. Native students were punished for speaking their Native languages by having their diets restricted, facing corporal punishment, or being confined. Native students experienced physical, sexual, cultural, and spiritual abuse at Native American boarding schools. Poor conditions at the schools led to students contracting diseases like tuberculosis, the flu, trachoma, and measles, resulting in students’ deaths