The Societal Construction of Crime

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The discourse of law and order was initially mobilized by southern officials in their effort to discredit which movement?

  • The civil rights movement (correct)
  • The labor movement
  • The feminist movement
  • The environmental movement

Opponents of the welfare state used the rhetoric of law and order to attack which President's Great Society programs?

  • John F. Kennedy
  • Lyndon Johnson (correct)
  • Richard Nixon
  • Ronald Reagan

Discussions of crime were a particularly effective vehicle for promoting what?

  • The discourse of law and order (correct)
  • The civil rights movement
  • The welfare state
  • The labor movement

The discourse of law and order was used to attack the structural explanations of what?

<p>Poverty (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Attitudes about crime and punishment are linked to public discourse on what?

<p>Law and order (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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