Exam 12: Minorities and Corrections

The internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps occurred during ______.

The term Native Americans was coined by Christopher Columbus.

In the history of Mexican Americans, they were forcibly made part of the northern states in America.

In Arizona v. United States (2012), the Supreme Court ______.

The internment of Japanese American families was not based on racist-tinged beliefs.

Michelle Alexander claimed that ______ is the new Jim Crow.

With regard to incarceration rates, which group is underrepresented in state correctional populations in comparison to their representation in the general population?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, a black male born in 2001 has a ______ chance of going to jail.

What has research suggested about African Americans in regard to prison vs. probation?

In recent years, the number of minorities working in corrections has ______.

The first restrictive immigration law in the United States targeted immigrants from ______.

Federal sentences for possession of crack cocaine are harsher than those for possession of powder cocaine by a factor of ______.

It was not until the ______ that African American and white inmates were treated more similarly.

______ is the treatment of one group differently and unfairly by governmental agencies.

Since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ______.

______ are less likely than other races to participate in sentencing alternatives such as probation.

Do you believe the criminal justice system is racist? Why or why not?

The largest subgroup of Hispanics or Latinos in the United States are ______.

Americans are more than willing to recognize the existence of a class system in the United States.

Asian Americans tend to be overrepresented in federal facilities in relation to their representation in the general population.