Cj 385 Minorities Final

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Fastest group being imprisoned

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1st - African Americans

2nd - Hispanics

Front 2

What impact did the War on Drugs have and on who?

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Increase of incarceration for AA.

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Underrepresented group in federal prisons

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Whites

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What group has the highest recidivism rate?

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African Americans

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What group is more likely to be sentenced to prison than whites?

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African Americans are more likely

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Judges put harsher sentences on AA offenders who murder ______ and give more lenient sentences to AA who victimize _______.

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_Whites_

_AA_

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Group that has the greatest chance of being a victim of household victimization

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African Americans

Front 8

Why did Stanley Tookie start the Crips?

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To gain power and protect his neighborhood

Front 9

What group supports the death penalty the least?

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Blacks.

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What supreme court case accepted plaintiff of racial bias being given? (Death penalty was unconstitutional)

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Furman vs. Georgia

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Racial Ethnic group with the highest status offenders

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Whites

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Parole

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is a form of early release under supervision

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What kind of discrimination is used to classify the CJ system?

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Systemic discrimination

Front 14

Atkins vs. Virginia

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Executing people w/ intellectual disabilities is unconstitutional over the 8th amendment

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Why do AA + Hispanics have higher rates of violent victimization?

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Social class places them in more outdoor activities.

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Least represented crime victims in the U.S.

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Asian Pacific Islanders

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What supreme court case said Washington D.C. needed to treat Muslims the same?

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EEOC vs. Abercombie & Fitch

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What prison gang has roots in So Cal?

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Mexican Mafia

Front 19

Female group has the highest rate of non-stranger victimization

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AA

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What state has the largest death row population

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California

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In what areas are white juveniles overrepresented?

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Driving under the influence

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Most parolees are released from

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Prison

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What does a "red light" mean in prison

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Someone is being put to death

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Brown vs. Board of education

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established the idea of separate but equal

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Racial ethnic group notable for violent crimes

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Blacks

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Probation

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Occurs prior to incarceration with a form of supervision

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Highest population of female inmates?

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Whites

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Why did Mayra's friend not back down when shooting her?

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Because she was loyal to her gang and Mayra was dating a guy in a rival gang

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Define disenfranchisement

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to deprive people of their rights and power

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What technology is used to exonerate people?

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DNA

Front 31

What did the court say about the execution of mentally handicapped?

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Unconstitutional by the 8th amendment

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Theory that states the rich and powerful gain power while minorities are negatively affected?

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Conflict theory

Front 33

Amendment gives people the right to bail

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8th amendment

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What case led to the reinstatement of capital punishment?

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Gregg vs. Georgia

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U.S. has the highest world-wide rate of what?

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Incarceration

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AA who murder ___________ are 5 times more likely to receive the death penalty

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Whites

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8th Amendment

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Refrains from cruel and unusual punishment

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What youth group has the highest property victimization rate?

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African Americans

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What state created a database for gang members?

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California and G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Reporting Evaluation and Trafficking System)