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100
A person is seen as deviant once they stray too far from what their society considers _______.
What is average?
100

America's prison is unique in the world for its _____.

What is size or scale?
100
When neighborhoods undergo a process of change from poor/working class to middle/upper class, we call this process _________.
What is gentrification?
100
This is the process by which people leave their mother country.
What is emigration?
100
Where did Abraham graduate from college?
What is Rice University?
200

This theory states that people often internalize the titles they receive from an early age, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

What is labeling theory?
200
What is the name of the watchtower that Foucault imagined in his theory of discipline and punishment?
What is the panopticon?
200
The unequal distribution of pollutants and toxins across a population is referred to as  ___________.
What is environmental inequality
200
These are neighborhoods with a high percentage of a single national, religious, or racial group.
What are ethnic enclaves?
200
This is the theoretical framework that asserts people's multiple identities create unique experiences for them that cannot be explained by one identity alone.
What is intersectionality?
300
This theory states that individuals logically weigh the costs and benefits of committing a crime before doing so.
What is rational choice theory?
300
Mass incarceration in the United States began to take off during this decade.
What is the 1970s?
300
Public resources are often not shared equally across the population. Some people take more than their own needs require, leaving less for others in the process. This results in a situation that Thomas Malthus called __________.
What is the tragedy of the commons?
300

_______ apply for special status before arriving to the U.S., while _______ arrive to the U.S. before applying for residence, and then seek special status once they get here.

What are refugees and asylees?
300
Where did Dr. Brayne get her PhD?
What is Princeton University?
400

This form of justice allows the offendant a chance to "right their wrongs" by compensating victims or fixing the injustice that resulted from their offense.

What is restorative justice?
400
According to Foucault, the rise of modern states saw the disappearance of _______ as the predominant form of punishment in society.
What is the spectacle?
400
These were documents that prevented residents of certain races or ethnicities from buying a home at a certain address.
What are Restrictive Housing Covenants?
400
During the first immigration era to the US, immigration was not restricted, but ________ was very restricted, available only to "free white persons."
What is naturalization?
400

The black women in the General Motors case alleged _________. The judge did not recognize this as a valid claim because of how the law treats race and gender discrimination separately.

What is compound discrimination?
500
We learn deviant behavior from those with whom we interact. Therefore, the best place to learn to become a criminal would be in a prison. This aligns with which theory of crime?
What is differential association theory?
500
This refers to the process of boundary-setting by which our society makes clear the lines between right and wrong, normal or abnormal, acceptable or unacceptable.
What is norm reinforcement?
500
It's different to be poor in a poor neighborhood than it is to be poor in a rich or middle-class neighborhood. The unique experience that is generated by being poor in a poor area is referred to as ________.
What is concentrated poverty?
500
This theory states that the majority of immigrants who come to Western nations are not the poorest of the poor, but rather are better-off people within poor and middle-income countries.
What is new economics of migration?
500
This refers to pleading guilty even when you know you're innocent to guarantee you'll get a shorter sentence.
What is prosecutorial discretion?