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Minorities and Corrections MCQ

 

1. Race is the classification of humans into populations or groups based on various factors such as culture and _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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2. Jim Crow Laws devised by southern states following the Civil War, starting in the 1870s and lasting until 1965 and the civil rights movement, to prevent African Americans from fully participating in _____life.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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3. Ethnicity refers to groups of people with a shared culture. An ethnic group often has a distinct language as well as particular _____ , and traditions. Ethnic groups may be made up of several races and have diverse national heritages.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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4. DWB refers to the practice of police focusing law enforcement attention on _____ drivers.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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5. _____ occurs when one group is treated differently and unfairly by governmental actors, compared with other groups.

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Correct Answer: Disparity

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6. O\discrimination occurs when people or groups are treated differently because of_____

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Correct Answer: Who they are

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

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Correct Answer: Underrepresented

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8. According to Crouch (1993), why might blacks be better able to accept prison and adjust to it?

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Correct Answer: Blacks are more likely to know someone housed in prison with them.

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9. The implementation of ______ has led to the erosion of civil liberties protections regarding search and evidence.

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Correct Answer: The war on drugs

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10. ______ designates an ethnic group that spans many races and nations of origin, to the point where it may not be descriptive.

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Correct Answer: Hispanic

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

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Correct Answer: World War II

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12. Chinese immigrants provided ______, which helped build this country’s first railroads.

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Correct Answer: Cheap labor

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13. Disparity ______.

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Correct Answer: Is the unequal treatment of one group by the criminal justice system

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14. Race ______.

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Correct Answer: Includes the skin color and features of a group

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15. Hiring of minority staff has increased since the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Correct Answer: True

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16. Asian Americans are overrepresented in state correctional facilities in comparison to their representation in the general population.

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Correct Answer: False

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17. DWB stands for drunk while black or brown.

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Correct Answer: False

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18. President Nixon coined the phrase “the war on drugs.”

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Correct Answer: True

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19. Jim Crow laws were initiated in the Northern states.

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Correct Answer: False

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20. Racism is the unequal treatment of one group by the criminal justice system, compared with the treatment accorded to other groups.

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Correct Answer: False

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21. Race refers to the skin color and features of a group of people.

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Correct Answer: True

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