Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Ethnicity is a nonspecific term that means nothing until applied to a particular context.
2. Petit apartheid encompasses overt racism.
3. In the aggregate, blacks tend to be convicted less than whites.
4. There is no difference between white and black views about the death penalty.
5. Consensus theory believes punishment is based on rational factors such as the seriousness of the offense and prior convictions.


1.false
2.false
3.true
4.false
5.true

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