Chapter 9 Practice Test Questions

Access to Legal Representation and Social Services
  1. Describe the social services discussed in this chapter. Why are they important?
  1. Describe the barriers to accessing social and legal services experienced by each of the following groups.
    • racialized people
    • low-income people
    • Indigenous Peoples
    • people living with disabilities
    • seniors
    • young people
    • women
  1. How is unequal access to social and legal services explained by each of the following theories?
    • structural functionalism
    • conflict theory
    • symbolic interactionism
  1. What are some of the consequences of unequal access to social services and legal representation?
  1. In the long run, would it be more cost-effective for the government to pay for more equitable social and legal services? Why or why not?
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