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 would I have been using to get that job?
Social capital
What is the government program that provides cash benefits to unemployed workers up to 26 weeks?
Unemployment Insurance
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 cultural resources and skills such as language, education, and cultural knowledge?
cultural capital
What is the current version of food stamps that provides nutritional support for low-income adults and families?
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
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
According to status attainment research, parental education and social network are the biggest predictors of children’s what?
social class / social status
What government program provides free or low-cost medical benefits to adults with low income?
Medicaid
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
According to the Federal Reserve System’s 2024 reports, the top 10% held what amount of the total wealth in the United States?
67.3%
What does TANF stand for and what can it help with?
TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and provides cash assistance for living expenses such as food, housing, energy, and child care
What associations did white people have with Latinx children that prevented them from entering white schools?
Latinx children were seen as dirty, infectious, and unable to speak English
According to Robert Merton, what is a rebel?
Someone who rejects both traditional goals of a society and the traditional means of achieving it
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
What is the government program that covers medical and dental care for uninsured children and teens up to age 19?
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
What are the four ways that the United States forced Native Americans to assimilate?
1. Taking away tribes’ right to self-governance
2. Trying to destroy Indian reservations
3. Imposing American citizenship on Indians
4. Elimination of community and identity