1. What sort of jobs can support a middle-class lifestyle in America today?


jobs in manufacturing


skilled labor


blue-collar work


jobs associated with skilled trades like carpentry

jobs in the service, information, and technology sectors






2 .Many people today argue that convicted sex offenders should be chemically castrated or held in protective custody beyond their original sentences. What is the logic of these punishments?




social justice


incapacitation


deterrence


retribution


rehabilitation

  1. Since the mid 1980's there has been an acceleration in the feminization of poverty. The major contributor to this phenomenon has been:

men taking women's jobs

women have been getting lazy since the 1980's


availability of high wage jobs for woman


an increase in families with women as single heads of household

none of the above