Crime and Crime Statistics
What type of crime happens more often… property or street crime?
property crime
What is the type of social mobility that is inevitable from changes in the economy or wider society?
Structural mobility
Yes/no: Can a full time minimum wage job support more than one person?
No
Tisha’s white coworker comments on her natural curly hair saying it is “messy” and “unprofessional” to have her hair like that in the office. What kind of racism would this be?
A. Overt interpersonal racism
B. Overt institutional racism
C. Covert interpersonal racism
D. Covert institutional racism
C. Covert interpersonal racism (microagression)
What costs more… street crime or white-collar crime?
white-collar crime
What is the term describing jobs that are considered to be feminine or “women’s jobs” such as teaching and nursing?
Pink collar jobs
What do most people spend the majority of their income on?
Housing
What is the prejudice against those with darker skin tones?
Colorism
Who commits white-collar crime?
men, white people, educated people (have a university degree)
What is the term describing a system in which rewards are distributed based on merit?
Meritocracy
What negative health outcomes are associated with poverty?
Shorter life expectancy, higher infant mortality rates, and higher death rates
Higher mortality rates for heart disease, liver disease, and kidney disease
What is the term describing how people of color live and work in areas with a disproportionate number of environmental hazards?
Environmental Racism
True or false: Both the crime rate and the crime solve have been decreasing over time.
True. The crime rate has been decreasing for 25 years. The amount of crime solved in at the lowest it’s been in the last 30 years
As discussed in your book, what is one of the two theorists who say private property as the source of social ills in society?
Karl Marx and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What is the term that describes how women represent a disproportionate percentage of the world’s poor?
Feminization of poverty
What is the view that ignores race as an explanation for inequalities faced by racial minorities?
Colorblind racism
What amount of crimes are reported and what amount of crimes are solved?
Less than half of crimes are reported and solved
41.5% of violent crimes and 31.8% of property crimes (reported)
36.7% of violent crime and 12.1% of property crimes are solved (solved)
As described in your book, what is the “Aspen effect”?
When workers must live far from their jobs due to real estate prices. This is seen in Aspen where the tourist industry drives up retail prices and causes workers to live very far away from their work.
What households are more likely to be food insecure?
Households with children, Black and Hispanic households, female-lead households
What racist approach believes that certain races are better fit for survival by nature and are therefore superior than other races?
Social Darwinism