You are an African American female judge and have seen both racial and gender bias at work in the district you work in, which is the next district over from where you grew up. You have been asked to write a blog for a respected website about the impact of gender or race in decisions to grant supervision outside of the jurisdiction where a crime occurred. In your blog, justify your opinion with statistics.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

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a. true b. false

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A convicted offender who is imprisoned for a fixed period of time has been given a __________ sentence

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The _______________ interview method is especially effective for obtaining information from victims and witnesses who have difficulty remembering an event

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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