Question 1

Where do Canadians get most of their information on reported crimes?

Accepted Answer

A) the Juristat Reporting Survey 
B) the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 
C) the General Social Survey 
D) the Self-Report Survey 
A) the Juristat Reporting Survey 
B) the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 
C) the General Social Survey 
D) the Self-Report Survey

Question 2

Janis has no money to buy groceries for her children, and shoplifts some bread and cheese from the local grocery store.What type of crime is Janis guilty of committing?

Accepted Answer

A) a victimless crime 
B) a white-collar crime 
C) a street crime 
D) an irrational crime 
A) a victimless crime 
B) a white-collar crime 
C) a street crime 
D) an irrational crime

Question 3

White-collar crime is underdetected, underprosecuted, and underconvicted because it is the crime of the powerful and the well-to-do.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Where do Canadians get most of their information on reported crimes?

Janis has no money to buy groceries for her children, and shoplifts some bread and cheese from the local grocery store.What type of crime is Janis guilty of committing?

White-collar crime is underdetected, underprosecuted, and underconvicted because it is the crime of the powerful and the well-to-do.

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Where do Canadians get most of their information on reported crimes?

Janis has no money to buy groceries for her children, and shoplifts some bread and cheese from the local grocery store.What type of crime is Janis guilty of committing?

White-collar crime is underdetected, underprosecuted, and underconvicted because it is the crime of the powerful and the well-to-do.

A Sociological Compass

How Sociologists Do Research

Culture

Socialization

Social Interaction

Networks, Groups, Bureaucracies, and Societies

Social Stratification

Globalization, Inequality, and Development

Race and Ethnicity

Sexualities and Gender Stratification

Sociology of the Body: Disability, Aging, and Death

Work and the Economy

Politics

Families

Religion

Education

Mass Media and Mass Communication

Health and Medicine

Population and Urbanization

Collective Action and Social Movements

Technology and the Global Environment

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