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Crime and Inequality MCQ

Which of the following theories looks at how society in general and the criminal justice system keeps African Americans subordinate?

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Correct Answer: Critical race theory

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Criminal laws dictate that different racial groups are to be punished differently.

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Correct Answer: False

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One of the most important aspects of American ideology is the concept of ______.

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Correct Answer: Private property

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There is no single feminist perspective on crime and criminal justice.

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Correct Answer: True

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Intersectionality is at the heart of a great deal of modern criminal criminology.

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Correct Answer: True

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All queer criminologists criticize mainstream criminologists for inadequately understanding the social of construction gender and sexuality in their examinations of crime and justice.

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Correct Answer: False

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______ believe that the best response to rape and other crimes against women is to aggressively push for harsher punishments against those who commit these crimes.

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Correct Answer: Carceral feminists

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Conflict criminologists see society as a comprised of a struggle between different groups and they argue that crime and criminal justice policy reflects this struggle.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which of the following refers to a wide variety of different theories that are used in sociology, literary studies, and philosophy?

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Correct Answer: Postmodernism

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Which of the following theories tries to understand how different factors shape criminal behavior and criminal justice without assuming that it is all about one of the them?

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Correct Answer: Intersectionality theory

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Rape Shield is law that prevent defense lawyers from interrogating the sexual history of rape victims.

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Correct Answer: True

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Racial Threat Theory is the theory that white Americans see African Americans as a threat to their:

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Queer Criminology is the field of criminology that examines crime and justice issues that impact:

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Correct Answer: All of these

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____________ is a collection of social theories that question both conservative and leftist criminology theories and reject the idea that there is a right way to organize a society.

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Correct Answer: Postmodernism

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The feminist view of society that argues that social power is in the hands of men and serves male interests is called ____________.

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Correct Answer: Patriarchy

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The social theory formulated by Karl Marx that views society as structured by conflicts between economic groups or classes is known as:

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Correct Answer: Marxism

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___________ is the critical approach that seeks to understand how different inequalities (race, class, gender) interact.

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Correct Answer: Intersectionality

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In Marxism, the view that the beliefs and values of a society reflect the interests of the dominant class is called _________.

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Correct Answer: Ideology

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Green Criminology is the field of criminology that studies environmental crimes.

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Correct Answer: True

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The criminological theory is rooted in the view that women are treated unjustly in society and that these inequalities are reflected in criminal justice is known as:

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Correct Answer: Feminist Criminology

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Critical Race Theory is the view that American society is structurally unequal and that minorities are targeted by the government in general and by the criminal justice system in particular.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Marxist theory that human history is shaped by the fight for power between different economic groups (classes) is called _________ .

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Correct Answer: Class Struggle

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The feminist theory that the best response to crimes against women is to aggressively push for harsher punishments against those who commit these crimes is known as:

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Correct Answer: Carceral Feminism

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