Deck 8: Gangs in Context: Inequality in American Society

Question 1

According to Wilson, the leading cause of female led households is:

A) The high level of male incarceration
B) Male unemployment
C) The lack of family values by males
D) Poor sexual education in schools

Answer 1

B

Question 2

An important difference between the capitalist system and other systems is that:

A) Gap in racial inequality
B) Drive for profit
C) Fairness in distribution of surplus
D) Equal protection under individual rights

Answer 2

B

Question 3

As of 2009, what percentage of families lived under the poverty level?

A) 14.9%
B) 19.6%
C) 22.5%
D) 30.8%

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which type of society creates the "surplus population" according to the text?

A) Capitalistic
B) Communistic
C) Dictatorship
D) Monarchy

Question 5

All are forces that are ending the last stage of the industrial revolution except:

A) Technology
B) Globalization of the economy
C) Shift of moving away from manufacturing
D) Increase in importing of goods from other countries

Question 6

Capitalism produces a great amount of:

A) Racism
B) Social bonding
C) Social inequality
D) Individual rights

Question 7

The "surplus" population has been viewed as:

A) A benefit
B) A product of capitalism
C) A threat
D) Vermin

Question 8

What area has been most effected by the movement of factories and industry?

A) Suburbs
B) Inner city
C) Foreign countries
D) The economy

Question 9

Which minority has had the most difficulty escaping poverty?

A) Mexican Americans
B) Jews
C) Italians
D) African Americans

Question 10

Which class has an enormous amount of power in a capitalistic society?

A) Underclass
B) Ruling class
C) Upper class
D) Middle class

Question 11

The "mode of production is a term used to describe:

A) Communism
B) Capitalism
C) Economic State
D) The underclass

Question 12

Today, what percentage of men are employed compared to the 80% of male employment in the 1970's?

A) 45%
B) 58%
C) 66%
D) 70%

Question 13

Which U.S. City has the highest homeless population at approximately 11,000 in a 55 block radius?

A) Chicago
B) New York
C) Detroit
D) Los Angeles

Question 14

Who used the term "surplus population" to describe the underclass of society?

A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Edwin Southerland
C) Park & Burgess
D) Karl Marx

Question 15

What is meant by "White Flight"?

A) Whites moving to the suburbs
B) Whites being afraid of gangs
C) Whites running from inner city blacks
D) The white movement into high paying jobs out of factory jobs

Question 16

Children under the age of 18 represent what percentage of the homeless population?

A) 20%
B) 28%
C) 39%
D) 45%

Question 17

The most common indicator of one's social position is their:

A) Occupation
B) Criminal record
C) Family history
D) Community status

Question 18

Which is the most critical factor related to crime and delinquency as agreed upon by most criminologist?

A) Family
B) Socioeconomic status
C) Neighborhood conditions
D) Race

Question 19

According to the text, the gap between classes of society is:

A) Getting smaller
B) Getting larger
C) Staying the same
D) There is no income gap

Question 20

According to a study in London, children living in single parent households are more likely to:

A) Have trouble in school
B) Be a victim of abuse (physical, emotional or sexual)
C) Become parents at an early age
D) Be involved in criminal activity
E) All of the above

Question 21

How do economic changes relate to the growth in gangs?

Question 22

Urban decline contributes to social disorganization, weakening communities, and lessening __________________.

Question 23

Nearly every criminologist agrees that the economy is probably the most critical factor related to crime and delinquency.

Question 24

The ____________________ generally holds out the promise that each generation will achieve more than the previous generation.

Question 25

The term "the underclass" has always been well defined as to who is in this class in society.

Question 26

Power and control are distinctive characteristics in a capitalist system.

Question 27

____________ used the terms reserve army or surplus population to refer to a more or less chronically unemployed or underemployed segment of the population.

Question 28

___________ is one of several methods whereby societies attempt to meet the basic needs of citizens in terms of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

Question 29

We are presently in the midst of an important era in history, the last stage of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 30

During the 1960's many community programs were created to deal with social problems.

Question 31

One crucial difference between the capitalist system and other systems is the drive for profit.

Question 32

Describe Karl Marx's class distinctions.

Question 33

John DeLeo used the terms reserve army or surplus population

Question 34

Female led households have the highest poverty rate when there is no husband present.

Question 35

Briefly describe the capitalistic economic system.

Question 36

The correlation between economic conditions within urban areas and rates of delinquency has only recently been noted by sociologist

Question 37

Female-householder families with no husband present have the highest ___________rate among all types of households.

Question 38

The most common indicator of social class position is one's occupation.