Sociology Quiz on Culture, Environment, and Social Conditions

Which term can be defined briefly as the collective norms, values, symbols, behaviors, and expectations of society’s members?

What are components of the environment that include climate, geographical location, size of a community, and its economic base?

Which conditions have an impact on both the services demanded in a community and the resources available?

At which levels does the formal political system include legislative bodies?

The informal political system comprises pressures and demands placed directly on which system?

Are the public beneficiaries of the criminal justice system?

What is the main purpose of the Department of Homeland Security?

What authority did the Patriot Act give federal agencies in terms of search warrants and wiretapping?

What are the final determinants of the effectiveness and efficiency of the criminal justice system?

What happens as environmental conditions change?

What does POP stand for in the context of law enforcement data analysis?

What is the term used to describe when large organizations face multiple environments and interact with each environment at different organizational levels?

What kind of environment involves a dynamic state where changes are frequent and unpredictable?

Which alert system is used to announce the event of a missing or abducted child and seeks tips from the citizenry through broadcast media?

Which criminal justice law has created issues such as increased workload for courts, backlogging, and increased prison populations?

Which criminal justice law was created after the attack of the twin towers in New York?

Where can civil litigation be filed?

Which prison demographic poses a great financial cost for the criminal justice system?

True or False: It has been indicated that prison populations and sentencing rates increase as employment decreases.