Exam 19: Race Ethnicity and Corrections

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Disparity

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Racial threat hypothesis​

Disparity of income by racial groups is no longer a basic characteristic of U.S. society.

When groups are treated differently without regard to their behavior or qualifications, _______ occurs.

Prison surpassed college as a place for young African American men after:

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Crack cocaine​

Western states tend to have the highest incarceration rates of African Americans in the United States.

The problem of disproportionality is if the problem is not racist people but disadvantageous rules and practices.

The argument that African Americans are more criminal than whites by nature is not sustained by the evidence.

The sentencing for _____________ crimes, starting in the 1980s, has led to a rapid increase in incarceration rates of African Americans.

Discuss what impact a high level of incarceration has on both African American and Latino communities. What implications does this impact have for the effectiveness of community-based corrections?​

The is the belief that white fear of African Americans is least when whites are the majority.

One in three African American men are:

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below. -Disenfranchisement? A)Individuals are asked to report on their own criminal behavior B)Inequality of treatment C)A difference explained by legitimate factors D)Complex concept with changing definitions E)Cultural characteristics F)White fear of blacks will be greatest in areas where the proportion of blacks approaches that of whites G)Punished 100 times more severely than powdered H)ommitted a crime in their lifetime

The overrepresentation of African Americans in the criminal justice system has led to ________________.

Race is a sociological concept used to distinguish people by their cultural characteristics.

African Americans are now _________________ times more likely to than whites to be incarecated at some time in their life in a state or federal prison.

distinguishes people according to language, religion, and group traditions.

Racial disparities become racial ___________ if people who are otherwise similar in their criminality are treated differently by the criminal justice system because of their race.

Young people who live in poverty and disadvantage may develop what has been called "____________," which includes a greater willingness to commit violence.