Crime rates are declining but prison rates are increasing. Explain this phenomenon and discuss the phenomenon of unequal imprisonment in the United States.
What will be an ideal response?
Vary. While answers may vary but students should include some of the following information: At the end of 2013, more than 1.6 million Americans were in prison or jail. The U.S. has the second highest rate of incarceration in the world. Mandatory sentencing for drug offenses has dramatically increased this rate and has disproportionately affected minority males. In addition, minority males are more likely to be racially profiled, stopped, involved in an incident where police force is used, and overrepresented in every stage of the juvenile justice system. Michelle Alexander calls the U.S. prison system the New Jim Crow as it served as a form of legalized discrimination of Black males.
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According to Durkheim, which of the following accompanies expanding division of labor that comes with dynamic density? Select all, but only those that apply.
a. less solidarity b. less competition c. less efficiency d. greater resources
All of the following statements regarding populism are true EXCEPT for which?
A. Populism thrives on finding solutions, rather than intensifying divisions. B. Populists advocate throwing out the working class. C. Populism divides the world into "us" versus "them." D. Populists oppose establishment forces in all aspects of life