Question 1

_____ labor was crucial to the construction of the first transcontinental railroad.

Accepted Answer

A)  Native American 
B)  Chinese labor 
C)  Hispanic labor 
D)  African American labor 
A)  Native American 
B)  Chinese labor 
C)  Hispanic labor 
D)  African American labor B

Question 2

Define Hispanic.

Accepted Answer

The term Hispanic is used to designate an ethnic group that spans many races and nations of origin, to the point where it may not be descriptive.

Question 3

Federal policy regarding American Indian tribes has shifted over time from efforts

Accepted Answer

A)  to segregate them from white communities 
B)  to integrate tribal members into the larger society 
C)  to respect their identity and cultures 
D)  all of these 
A)  to segregate them from white communities 
B)  to integrate tribal members into the larger society 
C)  to respect their identity and cultures 
D)  all of these D

Question 4

Often discrimination is linked in law to classes of people distinguished by

Accepted Answer

A)  age 
B)  nationality 
C)  income 
D)  all of these 
A)  age 
B)  nationality 
C)  income 
D)  all of these

Question 5

What enabled the increase in employment of minorities and women in corrections?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What enabled the increase in employment of...

Question 6

When dealing with adjustment to prison, Hassine (2009), a writer and inmate doing life since 1980, commented that:

Accepted Answer

A)  race has not had any impact on his adjustment to prison life. 
B)  race has only been a small part of what he has had to deal with while inside prison. 
C)  race was an integral part of the prison life he has and does experience. 
D)  race played an important role only to minority groups in prisons, not White inmates. 
A)  race has not had any impact on his adjustment to prison life. 
B)  race has only been a small part of what he has had to deal with while inside prison. 
C)  race was an integral part of the prison life he has and does experience. 
D)  race played an important role only to minority groups in prisons, not White inmates.

Question 7

Discuss the history of Mexican Americans in the United States and the current racial criminal justice and political issues they face.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the history of Mexican Americans in...

Question 8

Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during WWII?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment...

Question 9

In some parts of the country, minority group members were more likely to be sentenced if they were innocent than that of their White brothers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The belief that the criminal justice sys

Question 11

After the changing of federal law in 2010, sentences for crack versus powder cocaine was reduced from 100 to 1 to

Accepted Answer

A)  10 to 1 
B)  18 to 1 
C)  50 to 1 
D)  55 to 1 
A)  10 to 1 
B)  18 to 1 
C)  50 to 1 
D)  55 to 1

Question 12

Which of the following Articles of the U.S. Constitution caused fugitive slabs to be returned to the slave owner?

Accepted Answer

A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  III 
D)  IV 
A)  I 
B)  II 
C)  III 
D)  IV

Question 13

According to the text, police officers tend to stop

Accepted Answer

A)  older vehicles. 
B)  red cars. 
C)  trucks. 
D)  2-door cars. 
A)  older vehicles. 
B)  red cars. 
C)  trucks. 
D)  2-door cars.

Question 14

In some parts of the country, minority group members were more likely to be incarcerated when they were _____, or sentenced for periods that were longer than their White brothers and sisters.

Accepted Answer

A)  Convicted of violent crimes 
B)  Convicted of property crimes 
C)  Innocent 
D)  Convicted of embezzlement 
A)  Convicted of violent crimes 
B)  Convicted of property crimes 
C)  Innocent 
D)  Convicted of embezzlement

Question 15

Chinese immigrants were through to be corrupting the white population by spreading the use of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  marijuana 
B)  crack cocaine 
C)  opium 
D)  alcohol 
A)  marijuana 
B)  crack cocaine 
C)  opium 
D)  alcohol

Question 16

The Chinese engaged in professions, such as

Accepted Answer

A)  restaurants 
B)  education 
C)  medicine 
D)  military 
A)  restaurants 
B)  education 
C)  medicine 
D)  military

Question 17

Native Americans were given their name by our founding fathers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Jim Crow laws were devised to prevent _____ from fully participating in social, economic, and civic life.

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans 
B)  Whites 
C)  Asian Americans 
D)  Hispanics 
A)  African Americans 
B)  Whites 
C)  Asian Americans 
D)  Hispanics

Question 19

Chinese and Japanese immigrants were heavily involved in which of the following pioneer communities?

Accepted Answer

A)  mining and agriculture 
B)  construction 
C)  transportation 
D)  fishing and hunting 
A)  mining and agriculture 
B)  construction 
C)  transportation 
D)  fishing and hunting

Question 20

What is the connection between class and race/ethnicity. Do you believe that its intersection has had negative impacts on minorities in this country?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the connection between class and...

Exam 16: Minorities and Corrections

_____ labor was crucial to the construction of the first transcontinental railroad.

Define Hispanic.

Federal policy regarding American Indian tribes has shifted over time from efforts

Often discrimination is linked in law to classes of people distinguished by

What enabled the increase in employment of minorities and women in corrections?

When dealing with adjustment to prison, Hassine (2009), a writer and inmate doing life since 1980, commented that:

Discuss the history of Mexican Americans in the United States and the current racial criminal justice and political issues they face.

Why were Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during WWII?

In some parts of the country, minority group members were more likely to be sentenced if they were innocent than that of their White brothers.

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

After the changing of federal law in 2010, sentences for crack versus powder cocaine was reduced from 100 to 1 to

Which of the following Articles of the U.S. Constitution caused fugitive slabs to be returned to the slave owner?

According to the text, police officers tend to stop

In some parts of the country, minority group members were more likely to be incarcerated when they were _____, or sentenced for periods that were longer than their White brothers and sisters.

Chinese immigrants were through to be corrupting the white population by spreading the use of _____.

The Chinese engaged in professions, such as

Native Americans were given their name by our founding fathers.

Jim Crow laws were devised to prevent _____ from fully participating in social, economic, and civic life.

Chinese and Japanese immigrants were heavily involved in which of the following pioneer communities?

What is the connection between class and race/ethnicity. Do you believe that its intersection has had negative impacts on minorities in this country?

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Correctional History: Early Prisons to Corrections Today

Ethics and Corrections

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Special Problem-Solving Courts in Corrections

Community Corrections: Probation and Intermediary Sanctions

Prisons and the Correctional Client

Classification and Assessment of Offenders

Correctional Programming and Treatment

Parole and Prisoner Reentry

Correctional Organizations and Their Management

The Corrections Experience for Staff

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Juveniles and Corrections

Legal Issues in Corrections

The Death Penalty

Comparative Corrections: Punishment in Other Countries

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