chapter 11

Question 1

what is ethnicity?example

Answer 1

hispanic

Question 2

what is race meaning ? example

Answer 2

the skin color & features of people black, white, asian

Question 3

disparity

Answer 3

to unequal treatment of different groups by government actors.

Question 4

discrimination?

Answer 4

differential treatment of an individual or group without reference to the behavior or qualifications of the same.”

Question 5

The incarceration rate for African Americans ______ over the past 10 years

Answer 5

decreased

Question 6

whos is incarceration is lower whites native americans

Answer 6

native americans

Question 7

racism?

Answer 7

when one ethnic group holds discriminatory attitudes, beliefs, or practices toward another ethnic group.

Question 8

Which is the largest subgroup of Latinx people in the United States?

Answer 8

Mexican Americans

Question 9

Which group is underrepresented in correctional institutions?

Answer 9

Asian Americans are underrepresented in correctional institutions in comparison to their representation in the population.

Question 10

Many Americans fail to recognize ______.

Answer 10

that we live in a class sytem they believe europe does more but we do to.

Question 11

what is Driving while Black or Brown (DWB)

Answer 11

refers to law enforcement focusing on Black or Brown drivers.

Question 12

Crack cocaine is more harmful and addictive than powder cocaine.

Answer 12

false, crack cocaine is more serious under the law(crack cocaine sentences at the federal level are harsher than those for powder cocaine.)

Question 13

The ______ restricted rights of Black citizens in employment, housing, education, and voting.

Answer 13

Jim Crow laws

Question 14

what does alexander write about?(new jim crow )

Answer 14

the drug war focused on people living in poverty and people of color, yet most drug users and sellers are White.

Question 15

do balck offeders prefer prison over probation?

Answer 15

yes, there more comfortable under the roof of jail as well as with people that can relate to them

Question 16

who is more victimize in prison?

Answer 16

Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics report similar amounts of victimization but from different sources.

Question 17

Which of the following sentences would a White offender likely prefer most?

Answer 17

probation

Question 18

The employment of people of color increased in corrections after the ______.

Answer 18

passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 19

are hispanic underepresented or overepresented amoung correctional staff?

Answer 19

hispanics are underrepresented among correctional staff compare to the general population

Question 20

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

Answer 20

increased

Question 21

institutional racism

Answer 21

who organizations being racist not individuals

Question 22

who initiated the war on drugs in 1971

Answer 22

president nixon

Question 23

Christopher Columbus, who thought he was in India, named this group of people in error.

Answer 23

Native Americans

Question 24

Rates of incarceration for Black children have ______ compared to that of their White counterparts.

Answer 24

increased

Question 25

In 1910, an Black American male living in the South was able to ______. (under the jim crow laws)

Answer 25

work