According to the Innocence Project, what is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions?
A) false confession
B) prosecutorial misconduct
C) eyewitness misidentification
D) unqualified experts
E) forensic fraud
C
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You are a sociologist who studies incarceration. One of your colleagues suggests that disproportionate minority contact (DMC) is no longer an issue in the U.S. justice system. Which of these options is the best way to find out if your colleague is right?
A. interview prisoners from local facilities to find out their opinions on whether DMC exists and how it affects them B. collect data from the 20th century on whether people of different races received different sentences for committing the same crimes C. collect the most recent data on whether people of different races receive different sentences for committing the same crimes D. interview prison staffers and administrators from your state to find out if DMC is a problem in their facilities
Compare and contrast the law on the books and the law in action approaches to court delay. Which approach do you think is the most effective at addressing the problem of delay in courts? Why?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Sociologist Jack Katz argues that there are immediate benefits to criminality, which he labels the "lures of crime."
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Cohen’s concept of the “middle class measuring rod” refers to a form of discipline used in the school systems years ago
a. True b. False