Sociology Quiz on Culture, Environment, and Social Conditions

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

Prisoners

Immigrants

Law enforcement personnel

None of the above (correct)

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

Ecological Factors (correct)

Prisoners

Law enforcement personnel

Immigrants

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

Law enforcement personnel

Immigrants

Geographical (correct)

Prisoners

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

Both Federal and State Signup and view all the answers

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

Criminal Justice System Signup and view all the answers

Are the public beneficiaries of the criminal justice system?

True Signup and view all the answers

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

To coordinate federal law enforcement and security agencies Signup and view all the answers

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

Gave leeway in obtaining search warrants, searching without a warrant, or wiretapping Signup and view all the answers

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

Environmental forces Signup and view all the answers

What happens as environmental conditions change?

Demands for goods and services increase Signup and view all the answers

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

Problem Oriented Policing Signup and view all the answers

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

Complex Signup and view all the answers

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

Dynamic Environment Signup and view all the answers

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

Amber Signup and view all the answers

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

Three-Strikes Signup and view all the answers

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

Patriot Act Signup and view all the answers

Where can civil litigation be filed?

Both A, B Signup and view all the answers

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

Juveniles Signup and view all the answers

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

False Signup and view all the answers

Sociology Quiz on Culture, Environment, and Social Conditions

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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.

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