The fact that Hispanics convicted of drug offenses (but not those convicted of violent offenses) receive harsher sentences than Whites convicted of drug offenses is an instance of:
a.institutional discrimination
b.contextual discrimination
c.individual discrimination
d.systemic discrimination
b.contextual discrimination
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Under Miranda, a person is in custody when:
a. booked in at the police station without an attorney. b. placed in handcuffs at the scene. c. asked to give a confession with no one present. d. otherwise deprived of freedom of action in any significant way.
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Crime Prevention Act added this category to the list of hate crime classifications.
A. disabilities B. gender C. age D. occupations
It is the responsibility of the prosecutor to ensure that the courtroom proceedings are conducted in an orderly manner
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Criminal justice is a system whose components-police, courts, corrections-are compartmentalized and have little or no influence on each other.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)