Image transcription text Fraud QUESTION 19 Why does Elijah Anderson, in his book Streetwise, argue that young African American men are more likely to be

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QUESTION 19
Why does Elijah Anderson, in his book Streetwise, argue that young African American men are more likely to be arrested?
O a. They are more likely to engage in deviant behavior.
O b. They are perceived as more criminal than others.
O c. They commit more flagrant crimes.
O d. They are more likely to be poor.
QUESTION 20
The vast majority of crimes come to the attention of the police in response to citizen complaints. Citizens do not usually bother to inform the authorities if they do not think a crime is serious enough
or feel that nothing can be done. This means that there might be serious bias in the
O a. symbolic interactionist theory of deviance.
O b. way conflict theorists understand deviance.
O c. value of punishment for deterrence.
O d. Uniform Crime Report.
QUESTION 21
Why might teenagers shoplift, according to Jack Katz’s Seductions of Crime?
O a. They want the thrill of getting away with breaking the rules.
b. They feel strain between their means and the goals society tells them are desirable.
c. Young people are inherently predisposed to crime.
O d. They come from a low socioeconomic class.