Question 1:With which statement would the author agree?

Student Answer:

Being unable to post bond most often leads to a plea bargain.

Being represented by a public defender most often leads to a trial.

Being represented by a private attorney most often leads to a conviction.

Question 2:Which criminals, according to studies reported in the text, are most likely to be caught and punished harshly?

Student Answer:

Ex-offenders

White collar offenders

Mentally retarded people

Question 3:Social stratification refers to

Student Answer:

unequal distribution of wealth and resources at a single point in time.

longstanding structural inequalities between groups.

relatively permanent, structured similarities between groups.

Question 4:Researchers assert that white-collar crime "leaders" are most often ____________.

Student Answer:
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in extreme debt

poorly educated

not risk-takers