The sociological understanding of social problems rests heavily on the concept of sociological imagination, which is the ability to take into account the structural basis of individual problems.

Discrimination refers to which of the following?

To get a more accurate picture of crime, the ______ began in the early 1970s to administer a survey, now called the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), to tens of thousands of randomly selected US households. 

Which of the following theories of crime are associated with the functionalist perspective?

 Which of the following theories would suggest that armed robbery serves positive functions in society?

When it comes to the family unit, the functionalist perspective is likely to focus on how husbands and wives communicate and the degree to which they communicate successfully.  

Socialization is the process through which individuals learn the culture of their society.  Several agents of socialization exist to help socialize people into their gender roles and they are, the family, peers, DNA, chromosomes, schools, and religion.

According to the textbook, education differences in drug use depend on the type of drug.  For alcohol, higher levels of education are associated with:

The second major feminist movement  began in the late 1960s as women in the Southern civil rights movement turned their attention to women’s rights.

Criminologists commonly group crimes into five (5) major categories.  Which of the following is not one of the major categories of crimes?