Exam 11: Minorities and Corrections

Discrimination and disparity differ in terms of the entity performing them.

Do you believe that the war on drugs is racist? Use material from the course to support your position.

Accounts written by inmates incarcerated since the 1970s suggest that today, ______.

The legal ability to own slaves in the United States originally came from the ______.

An offender who is a Native American tribe and lives on a large reservation has been accused of petty theft. What is the most likely outcome?

During World War II, over 100,000 German Americans were put in internment camps.

Recent statistics suggest that non-Hispanic Blacks make up ______ of correctional staff in local jails.

Based on the content of the chapter, evaluate the criminal justice system in terms of racism. Do you believe the system is racist? Justify your answer.

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

Racism practiced by many, if not most, members within a broader public or private organization such as the criminal justice system is known as ______ racism.

Historically, minority group members have been more likely to be ______.

The start of the modern drug war is credited to President ______.

Historically, the criminal justice system has disproportionately incarcerated Black males, and before the civil rights movement, everyone working within the system treated them differently from their White counterparts. This best exemplifies ______.

Imagine you are an administrator at a correctional facility where there has traditionally been a lot of racial tension between inmates and officers. Discuss what measures you would take to reduce these tensions, and discuss how the racial makeup of correctional officers is currently changing.

In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander investigates the ______.

The ______ Amendment, adopted in 1865, ended slavery.

Explain the difference between discrimination and disparity.

The term Latinx is sometimes used because it is ______.

Explain the treatment of Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during World War II in terms of race.

What is the connection between class and race/ethnicity? Evaluate its impact on minority groups in the United States.