Define affirmative action.

What will be an ideal response?


programs that are intended to prevent discrimination in present hiring and promotion practices and to actively promote proportional representation and equitable opportunity

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In the case of People ex rel. O'Connell v. Turner, the issue was whether vagrant youths should be institutionalized in the Chicago Reform School together with more serious juvenile offenders

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Examples of "deliberate indifference," per the Supreme Court, include all but which one of the following?

a. Injecting penicillin with knowledge that the prisoner is allergic to it b. Requiring a prisoner to ride a prison van to the hospital, rather than an ambulance c. Refusing to administer a prescribed painkiller d. Requiring a prisoner to stand despite the contrary instructions of a surgeon

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Discuss Disproportionate Minority Contact

What will be an ideal response?

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A number of deaths have been attributed to _____ where persons experimenting for the first time or through miscalculation have accidentally killed themselves by hanging

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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