Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following is a leading exponent of the view that the criminal justice system serves the interests of the powerful ?

   A. Richard Quinney
   B. Edwin Sutherland
   C. Stanley Milgram
   D. William Chambliss

2. ________________ view standards of deviant behavior as merely reflecting cultural norms whereas __________ and _______________ theorists point out that the most powerful groups in a society can shape laws and standards and determine who is (or is not) prosecuted as a criminal ?

   A. conflict theorists’ functionalists labelling
   B. labelling theorists conflict functionalist
   C. functionalists conflict labelling
   D. conflict theorists’ labelling functionalist

3. Which group of sociologists note that developers’ bankers and other powerful real estate interests view housing as an investment and are primarily concerned with maximizing profit not with solving social problems?

   A. urban ecologists
   B. new urban sociologist
   C. functionalists
   D. human ecologists

4. Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Talcott Parsons
   C. Karl Marx
   D. Margaret Mead

5. Which of the following argued that a capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves the interests of the ruling class ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Talcott Parsons
   C. Karl Marx
   D. Margaret Mead

6. Which of the following is NOT part of the criminal justice system ?

   A. police
   B. military
   C. prisons
   D. courts

7. According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans ?

   A. The environment provides the resources essential for life
   B. The environment serves as a waste depository
   C. The environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities
   D. The environment “houses” our species

8. According to Riley Dunlap which one of the following is not a basic function that the natural environment serves for humans ?

   A. the environment provides the resources essential for life
   B. the environment serves as a waste depository
   C. the environment provides a natural setting for social inequalities
   D. the environment “houses our species

9. Which sociological perspective emphasizes that ethnocentrism that ethnocentrism serves to maintain a sense of solidarity by promoting group pride ?

   A. functionalist perspective
   B. conflict perspective
   C. interactionist perspective
   D. dramaturgical perspective

10. A university that serves as a meeting ground for people seeking marital partners is performing_______________?

    A. a manifest function
    B. a latent function
    C. a dysfunction
    D. a manifest dysfunction