Sexual assault in which offender and victim have some personal relationship is called
a. date rape.
b. stalking.
c. forcible rape.
d. statutory rape.
The system-blame orientation would attribute students' failure in schools to __________.
A) being born with limited intellectual capacities
B) the failure of the students to work hard to succeed
C) the failure of the educational system to meet their needs
D) the failure of their parents to provide proper guidance
Which of the following is the most common of all serious crimes tracked by the FBI?
a. aggravated assault
b. larceny-theft
c. burglary
d. robbery
Asserting that the poor are poor because the institutions around them set them up to fail might be said by a __________.
A) social Darwinist
B) system blamer
C) person who focuses on norm violators
D) victim blamer
In 2010, what percentage of reported murders in the United States resulted in arrests?
a. 3 percent
b. 23 percent
c. 43 percent
d. 63 percent
In 2012, how many murders were recorded by police?
a. 929
b. 6,934
c. 14,827
d. 169,590
According to official statistics describing murder,
a. most murder victims are female.
b. offenders and victims are generally of the same race.
c. offenders and victims are generally of a different race.
d. most offenders and victims are members of the same family.
According to William Graham Sumner, the rich are successful because __________.
A) they are superior
B) they have worked the hardest
C) there is a conspiracy by the powerful who keep the poor down
D) they have helped the poor
The first antistalking law in the United States was passed in
a. 1940 in the state of Michigan.
b. 1960 in the state of New York.
c. 1990 in the state of California.
d. 2010 in the state of Utah.
Deviant people are treated as the cause of their own problems by which of the following approaches to studying social problems?
A) self-actualization
B) person-blame
C) system-blame
D) institutionalized deviance
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