If an Upper-Middle-Class, White College Student Is Sentenced to Rehab

question 4

Multiple Choice

If an upper-middle-class, white college student is sentenced to rehab for the same drug crime that a lower-class, black man is sentenced to jail for committing, what might a conflict theorist conclude about deviance?

• A) Differential levels of punishment are functional, as they keep the most productive members of society out of jail.
• B) We need to punish criminals from the lower class more harshly, as they are more likely to re-offend.
• C) The two criminals probably had very different motives for committing their crimes, and this explains the difference in punishment.
• D) The rules are applied unequally, and those with power or influence are punished much less harshly.
• E) The system makes occasional errors, but most of the time, everyone is treated equally.

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