What is the relationship between race and crime? How is this relationship explained?
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Official crime data indicate that minority group members are involved in a disproportionate share of criminal activity. African Americans make up 12% of the population but 40% of violent Part 1 offenses and 30% of property crime arrests. One explanation for this relationship is an unequal or biased treatment in the criminal justice system. A second explanation is that this relationship is due to cultural bias. A third explanation argues that racial differences are due to disparity in the social and economic structure of society.
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a. Cognitive stressors b. Dynamic stressors c. Egocentric stressors d. Speciocentric stressors
Discuss Terry V. Ohio. What happened in this case and why it is such an important case?
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When is a visual aid used as substantive evidence, and when is it used as demonstrative evidence?
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