Question

What might a conflict theorist conclude about deviance if an upper-middle-class, white college student is sentenced to rehab for the same drug crime that a lower-class, black man is sentenced to jail for committing?

Answer 1

It will concluded that these sentences are based on the privileges obtained by the upper-middle-class thanks to their wealth and race

Step-by-step explanation:

According to C. Wright Mills there's the existence a power elite of wealthy and influential people at the top of society who hold the power and resources and their decisions affect everyone in society. Because of this, the rules of society are stacked in favor of them. So, in someway they decided what is criminal and what is not affecting most often to those who have little power.