Soc 047 - Sociology of Criminology » Spring 2021 » Social Conflict Quiz

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Question #1
Critical analysis shows that all too often unwarranted stops of minorities lead to equally unfair arrests.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
As the rate of surplus value increases, more people are displaced from productive relationships, and the size of the marginal population swells.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
The _____________ are the people termed by Karl Marx as the working-class members of society who produce goods and services but do not own the means of production.
A.   proletariat
B.   working class
Question #4
According to the instrumental view, capitalist justice serves the powerful and rich and enables them to impose their morality and standards of behavior on the entire society.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
The system of _______, in which men dominate public, social, economic, and political affairs, sustains female oppression at home and in the workplace.
A.   ​matriarchy
B.   oligarchy​
C.   equiarchy
D.   ​patriarchy
Question #6
According to instrumental theorists, unmasking the true purpose of law and justice is said to _____________ it.
A.   ​dishonor
B.   ​demystify
C.   destigmatize
D.   ​discredit
Question #7
According to the instrumental view of critical criminology, the poor may or may not commit more crimes than the rich, but:
A.   their crimes are less visible.​
B.   ​their crimes are more serious.
C.   ​they are arrested and punished more often.
D.   ​they are arrested and punished less often.
Question #8
Globalization has replaced imperialism and colonization as a new form of economic domination and oppression.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #9
Instrumental theorists consider it essential to demystify law and justice—that is, to unmask its true purpose.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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