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50 Cards in this Set
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What deviant behavior from a self-fulfilling prophecy gets you a negative label? |
-Secondary deviance (the powerful assume it is harmful to them – moral order/victimless crimes) |
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Examples of kinds of crimes? |
Street crime: burglary, larceny, auto theft, robbery, rape, murder, etc. |
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Cheating on income taxes? |
White Collar |
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Who would say “punishment is created to deter crimes”? |
Conservatives |
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Demographics of Criminals |
Male, Black, Low SES, 25-34 |
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What crimes show up in the unified crime report (UCR)? |
Street Crimes |
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Which is a political crime |
Illegal acts intended to influence the political system: MLK, Washington, US overthrowing governments, Dept. of Energy injecting people with plutonium, injecting black men with syphilis. |
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____ is the practice of targeting citizens based on race. |
Racial Profiling |
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Jim Crow Laws |
Created laws to keep races separate and unequal, sanctioned slavery, denied black rights (marriage, voting). |
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What is the function of moral laws ? |
To control the masses and put constraints to create a status quo |
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Jeff was arrested for a third felony and the judge had no choice but to sentence him to life in prison. What kind of sentencing is this? |
Mandatory (three strikes) |
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MLK and George Washington are what kind of criminals? |
Political |
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In order to stop the cradle to prison pipeline____ must be instituted to deal with institution inequalities that put people at risk. |
Early Childhood Intervention Programs |
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Private property/ownership guided by maximum profit, what economic system is that? |
Capitalist |
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Means of production owned for the collective benefit, what economic system is that? |
Socialism |
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Increasing taxes leads to more social programs, what state is this considered? |
Welfare State |
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Vin opens a business where he competes openly with other businesses and he prefers that the government stays out of the decisions his business makes, What system is this? |
Capitalism |
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Wages in the present service sector are____ than those in the old manufacturing sector (in terms of pay? |
Worse: lower pay, less job security, and lower benefits. |
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Who is the largest employer in the US? |
Wal-Mart |
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The US is in an economic transformation that is moving it into a _______ economy? |
Service/Information |
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Society where the economy benefits the collective? |
Socialism |
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Substandard work environment is called what? |
Sweatshop/Modern Slavery |
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Declining Industries, what is that called? |
Sunset Industries |
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Increasing Industries, what is that called? |
Sunrise Industries |
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Marx said you feel what in a capitalist system? |
Alienated from labor |
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How does a bureaucratic hierarchy work? |
People at the top and people at the bottom, chain of command implies control and obedience. |
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Division of labor between the sexes ______? |
Leads to inequality, in secondary job market (menial, poorly paid, little or no benefits) |
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The Education system leads which way politically? |
Conservative |
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What percent of adults graduate from College? |
28.2% |
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Traditionally/officially church and state separation means what for education? |
Schools must be free from religious instruction |
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How many schools were failures in California? |
1000+ |
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Statistics say that education level and income are? |
Correlated, the higher the income the better the education |
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Schools today tend to be ? |
Segregated by class and race |
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With regards to self-fulfilling prophecies and outcomes in schools, how does that look? |
If students are labelled as high-achieving they're more likely to be successful, likewise for low-achieving students. |
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A negative label that impacts someone is called what? |
Stigma |
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Critics of the current educational philosophies of schools assert that _____? |
Students are taught to be subservient and to follow the status quo, inappropriate for 21st century life |
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Most money that finances schools comes from what level of government? |
Local/Municipal |
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The Federal government would promote equal opportunity in education how? |
Federalize the system monetarily and standardize the curriculum |
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Investing in preschool for poor people does what long-term? |
Helps money in the future, more likely to educate the masses and less reliance on future, long-term welfare programs. |
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Politicians set/create _____ that they're concerned with. Design of setting goals and determining the means of achieving those goals? (he said this in a really confusing way so I included all the words lol) |
Social Goals |
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People who find a sociological approach compelling can only conclude that inequality is_____? |
By Design |
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Biggest obstacles in progressing forward_____? |
The power money has over the decision making process in the US |
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Lance believes that the correct approach to focus on in the social world is through historic, economic, social and political arrangements, he is a what? |
Sociologist |
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What is a plutocracy? |
A government where the wealthy classes rule |
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Steps to solving social problems: |
- Creation of policies and behaviors that enhance our moral obligation to others- A call for government programs that provide for people who cannot provide for themselves |
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What is a progressive proposal as seen in the text? |
Programs that provide for the poor |
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How do we finance a progressive social agenda? |
Reallocate funding, higher taxes on the rich, subsidies on corporations |
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Which of the following is an area where African Americans have an advantage over whites? |
None/ African Americans do not have advantages over whites |
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Indviduals work together in the? |
(grassroots?) Individuals acting collectively |
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i didn't get the last one... All I wrote was Social Change |
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