Question

A man who is a bank president is found guilty of tax evasion. In addition to paying the government all the money he owes with substantial interest, he is sentenced to three years' probation and a $50,000 fine. At the same time, a female teller at the same bank is found guilty of stealing $500. The teller is sentenced to a prison term of no less than four years. This differential treatment would be a particular concern of the:

A. functionalist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. interactionist perspective
D. global perspective

Answer 1

Answer:B. conflict perspective

Step-by-step explanation:

Conflict theory states that there is an endless competition for limited resources and there exist inequality in which those who are wealthy and powerful have dominance over those who have less power and who are poor.

In such that those in power make rules that will supress those who are poor of they retreat they will always get the severe punishment.

In the case above the man who is a bank president has wealthy ,status and power as a result he is able to get away with a severe crime that he committed by getting a lighter sentence becaue he has an influence on how he can be punished whilst the poor lady who didn't commit a severe crime get a severe punishment because he has no power or status to influence what is done on her.

This is confirmation of the conflict theory that the powerful and wealthy dominates over the poor and powerless.