What is Michelle Alexander’s main point as expressed in the Introduction of her text, The New Jim Crow?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Mass Incarceration is the manifestation of the backlash against the Civil Rights Movement.

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Some police officers criticize the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics because it's too specific.

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

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Explain how the evolution of the slave patrols in the 1700s marked the first advances in American policing.

What will be an ideal response?

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The effects of elder abuse and neglect are divided into four categories, physical abuse, neglect, psychological abuse, and financial abuse. The most common forms of physical abuse recorded result from ______.

a. poor hygiene, poor hydration and nutrition, and unsanitary living conditions b. intimidation, abandonment, and humiliation c. hitting, restraints, forced feeding, and contraction of sexually transmitted diseases d. threats of harm, and inappropriate use of financial resources

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Identify the type of sentencing law in which the legislature sets three specific times that an offender may serve, and the judge chooses one to impose at the time of sentencing

A) Determinate sentence law B) Mandatory sentence law C) Split sentence law D) Indeterminate sentence law

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