By the end of 2012, _____ people in the United States were incarcerated, on probation, or on parole under the jurisdiction of the criminal justice system.
a. 2.2 million
b. 7 million
c. 15.6 million
d. 2.2 billion
Question 2There is a clear mandate for the government to apprehend and punish criminals because it is the government's primary objective to
a. provide for the welfare of its citizens.
b. appease the special interests who pay for political campaigns.
c. exert direct social control over deviants.
d. exert ideological social control over citizens.
Question 3The prospect of changing an individual's nature by changing his or her genes has useful medical applications but also raises some potential problems and questions. For instance, should _____ be allowed in order to develop high-performance athletes?
a. eugenics fundamentally necessary to the advancement of society.
b. human genetic engineering of creating and maintaining balance and harmony in a society.
c. gene therapy basic to human development.
d. gene doping of getting people to uncritically accept society.
Question 4William was born with sickle-cell anemia, a highly painful, incurable genetic condition. His parents are hopeful that with _____ (altering the genetic makeup of a fetus before birth) their next child might be spared this ordeal.
a. eugenics diminished by the school's support of the family.
b. human genetic engineering facilitated by the decreasing amount of time parents spend with their children.
c. gene therapy being undermined by the religious institution.
d. gene doping none of the above.
Question 5_____ is the science of manipulating an individual's genetic makeup to alter his or her observable traits.
a. Eugenics
b. Human genetic engineering
c. Gene therapy
d. Gene doping
Question 6In which country were more than 70,000 people legally sterilized for deviations such as drunkeness, criminality, sexual perversion, and feeblemindedness, over a period of about 70 years?
a. United States
b. USSR
c. Singapore
d. Nazi Germany
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