What Is the Authors' Explanation for the Relationships Between Social

question 5

Multiple Choice

What is the authors' explanation for the relationships between social class and the justice system?

• A) The kinds of crimes listed by the FBI are those of the upper classes.
• B) The police and others in the criminal justice system assume that upper-class people are criminal.
• C) Economic deprivation may induce people to turn to crime to ease their situations.
• D) People in the lower classes have social networks that help them to avoid detection and prosecution.

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