Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz suggests that mental illness is a serious problem in our society and more research needs to be done.a. Alcoholism was once viewed as a disease, but now is seen as a sign of moral weakness.a. According to the social-conflict perspective, anyone who challenges the capitalist system is likely to be labeled as deviant.a. The U.S. is the only modern Western industrial nation that still has the death penalty.a. Differentiate among the terms deviance, crime, and juvenile delinquency.
Social stratification shapes human lives in significant ways.
The United States is not a highly stratified society. Children born into poor families are more likely to die during their first year of life than children born into families with higher incomes.a. The elderly are at the greatest risk of living in poverty. There are more poor whites in the U.S. than poor blacks. Of all the poor families in the U.S., more than half are headed by single women.a.