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.

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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

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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

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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)

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