Exam 3: Race, Ethnicity, Social Structure and Crime

Which of the following is NOT part of a community's social structure?

The peak years of criminal activity are for people between the ages of _____ and _____.

A person's network of friends,relationships,and other contacts is called cultural capital.

Social and cultural capital have huge implications for individuals,their status in life,their prospects for the future,and also their likelihood of becoming criminals.

The African American unemployment rate has been consistently about ___ the white rate.

Official arrest data indicate that involvement in crime peaks at:

__________ theory holds that the administration of criminal justice reflects the unequal distribution of power in society.

Innovation involves rejection of society's goals and established means of achieving them,as well as an attempt to create a new society based on different values and goals.

Social disorganization theory holds that the administration of criminal justice reflects the unequal distribution of power in society.

The official unemployment rate does not count:

The official unemployment rate is __________ for teenagers than for adults.

The peak years of criminal activity are for people between the ages of 14 and 24.

Historically,many property owners in the North adopted restrictive covenants that prohibited the sale of property to:

________ involves rejection of society's goals and established means of achieving them,as well as an attempt to create a new society based on different values and goals.

In 1968,the __________ Commission warned that "our Nation is moving toward two societies,one black,one white-separate and unequal."

The official unemployment rate does not count workers in the "__________ economy" who are paid in cash.

The practice by banks and savings and loan companies of refusing to offer mortgages in poor and minority neighborhoods was known as:

The term secondary labor market refers to:

The most disturbing aspect of the poverty data is the number of __________ living below the poverty line.

In 2009,the median household income in the United States for African American families was only __ percent of white Americans.