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Areas with higher minority populations also have higher rates of imprisonment.

A) True
B) False

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According to Ralf Dahrendorf, modern society is comprised of:


A) competing interest groups.
B) general community consensus.
C) a majority rule.
D) united groups.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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The _____________ are the people termed by Karl Marx as the working-class members of society who produce goods and services but do not own the means of production.

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In 2013, a leak of documents stolen from the National Security Agency (NSA) by contract employee Edward Snowden revealed an example of:


A) illegal domestic surveillance.
B) evidence tampering.
C) the failures of Obamacare.
D) war crimes in third-world countries.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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What are some research findings that support the ideas of critical criminology?

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___________________ is the process of creating transnational markets and political and legal systems.

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Empirical examinations of power-control theory find that girls who grow up in egalitarian families are more likely to be delinquent than girls who grow up in paternalistic families.

A) True
B) False

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According to advocates of reintegrative shaming, shaming that is stigmatizing has a strong and effective deterrent effect.

A) True
B) False

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When conducting a meta-analysis of literature on police arrest practices, Koche, Wilson, and Mastrofski found that, after being stopped by the police,:


A) minority suspects were significantly more likely to be arrested than white suspects.
B) white suspects were significantly more likely to be arrested than minority suspects.
C) minority and white suspects had an equal likelihood of being arrested.
D) middle- and lower-class individuals had an equal likelihood of being arrested.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Conflict promotes crime by creating a social atmosphere in which the ______ is a mechanism for controlling dissatisfied, have-not members of society while the wealthy maintain their power.

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Richard Quinney's theory that criminal definitions represent the interests of those who hold power in society is known as:


A) Marxist feminism.
B) radical feminism.
C) social reality of crime.
D) dialectic method.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Reintegrative shaming extends disapproval to an offender's deeds while casting the offender as a respected person who can be reaccepted by society.

A) True
B) False

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Contemporary critical criminologists try to explain crime within economic and social contexts.

A) True
B) False

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