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39 Cards in this Set
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Fastest group being imprisoned |
1st - African Americans 2nd - Hispanics |
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What impact did the War on Drugs have and on who? |
Increase of incarceration for AA. |
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Underrepresented group in federal prisons |
Whites |
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What group has the highest recidivism rate? |
African Americans |
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What group is more likely to be sentenced to prison than whites? |
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 _______. |
_Whites_ _AA_ |
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Group that has the greatest chance of being a victim of household victimization |
African Americans |
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Why did Stanley Tookie start the Crips? |
To gain power and protect his neighborhood |
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What group supports the death penalty the least? |
Blacks. |
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What supreme court case accepted plaintiff of racial bias being given? (Death penalty was unconstitutional) |
Furman vs. Georgia |
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Racial Ethnic group with the highest status offenders |
Whites |
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Parole |
is a form of early release under supervision |
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What kind of discrimination is used to classify the CJ system? |
Systemic discrimination |
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Atkins vs. Virginia |
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? |
Social class places them in more outdoor activities. |
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Least represented crime victims in the U.S. |
Asian Pacific Islanders |
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What supreme court case said Washington D.C. needed to treat Muslims the same? |
EEOC vs. Abercombie & Fitch |
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What prison gang has roots in So Cal? |
Mexican Mafia |
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Female group has the highest rate of non-stranger victimization |
AA |
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What state has the largest death row population |
California |
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In what areas are white juveniles overrepresented? |
Driving under the influence |
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Most parolees are released from |
Prison |
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What does a "red light" mean in prison |
Someone is being put to death |
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Brown vs. Board of education |
established the idea of separate but equal |
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Racial ethnic group notable for violent crimes |
Blacks |
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Probation |
Occurs prior to incarceration with a form of supervision |
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Highest population of female inmates? |
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 |
to deprive people of their rights and power |
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What technology is used to exonerate people? |
DNA |
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What did the court say about the execution of mentally handicapped? |
Unconstitutional by the 8th amendment |
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Theory that states the rich and powerful gain power while minorities are negatively affected? |
Conflict theory |
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Amendment gives people the right to bail |
8th amendment |
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What case led to the reinstatement of capital punishment? |
Gregg vs. Georgia |
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U.S. has the highest world-wide rate of what? |
Incarceration |
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AA who murder ___________ are 5 times more likely to receive the death penalty |
Whites |
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8th Amendment |
Refrains from cruel and unusual punishment |
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What youth group has the highest property victimization rate? |
African Americans |
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What state created a database for gang members? |
California and G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Reporting Evaluation and Trafficking System) |