The association between crime, minorities, and criminal justice policy making is underpinned by a substantial body of research that reveals that ______.
a. negative racial stereotypes and collective racial resentment are positively correlated
with polices favoring punitiveness
b. negative racial stereotypes and collective racial resentment are negatively correlated
with policies favoring punitiveness
c. racial and ethnic minorities are responsible for a substantial amount of violent crime
therefore creating policies favoring punitiveness
d. racial and ethnic minorities are responsible for a substantial amount of property and
drug crime therefore creating policies favoring punitiveness
Ans: A
You might also like to view...
In the _____________ process, an inmate's mental, physical, and security needs are evaluated to help determine the best correctional facility "fit."
A. booking B. sentencing C. custodial D. classification
Some intermediate sanctions are used in conjunction with one another
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Official statistics tend to show that the differences between ________ Americans and whites are greater than self-report studies indicate
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A model of the criminal justice system that recognizes the informal authority exercised by individuals at each step of the criminal justice process is called the _____________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word