Differences in crime rates between members of minority groups and nonminorities are more apparent than actual. This means that:
a. the apparent differences are real.
b. when members of the different groups engage in the same crimes, members of minority groups are more likely to be cited, arrested, prosecuted, and convicted.
c. while there are differences in the rate of arrest, the differences disappear by the time the crimes are prosecuted.
d. members of minority groups commit more crimes than do nonminorities.
Question 2Race differences in arrest rates are due mainly to:
a. race differences in the quality of employment.
b. discrimination by police.
c. poverty and segregated neighborhoods and housing.
d. All of these explain racial differences in arrest rates.
Question 3According to your text, all of the following are possible explanations for the higher rate of crime by lower-income people EXCEPT:
a. blocked avenues to achievement.
b. receiving fewer rewards from school and the labor market.
c. the bias in law enforcement making their crime rate appear higher.
d. a biological propensity toward deviance.
Question 4A significant proportion of crime among females is explained by their:
a. greater need for material goods.
b. victimization by males.
c. lack of supervision.
d. responsibility as single mothers.
Question 5According to your text, the strongest social explanation for sex differentials in crime rates is that:
a. girls are supervised more closely than boys.
b. boys are bigger in physical size.
c. boys have a biological predisposition toward aggression.
d. boys are given less freedom so are more apt to rebel.
Question 6Research on juvenile delinquency shows that it basically occurs when:
a. there is nothing better to do.
b. an individual experiences a hormonal imbalance.
c. parents are too strict with their children.
d. adolescents are labeled as troublemakers.
Question 7Young people are more likely to be deviant than older people because they:
a. have more energy.
b. do not have as much to lose, such as a career or a credit rating, by being deviant.
c. don't know any better.
d. are growing up in a more complex society than the older generation did.
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