According to Prof. Harcourt, the ______________ _______________ in racial profiling operates to increase the proportion of guilty blacks who are stopped on the highways compared to the proportion of guilty whites who carry drugs but are not stopped
Fill in the blank with correct word.
ANSWER: ratchet effect OR racial tax
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One possible community solution to incarceration of mentally ill minority offenders is through the use of _____________________ courts
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following was a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida (2010)?
A. Retribution and deterrence can be applied to juvenile wrongdoers because they can fully comprehend the consequences of their actions. B. A juvenile can be tried in an adult court for a crime that had already been adjudicated in juvenile court. C. The basic procedural safeguards granted to adult offenders cannot be granted to juveniles facing a loss of liberty. D. Juveniles who commit crimes that do not involve murder may not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Particularity is NOT concerned with which of the following?
A. Where a search is to be conducted B. Who issues the warrant C. What evidence is sought D. Who is to be arrested
The "broken windows theory" proposes that cracking down on violent crime will allow police to reclaim neighborhoods
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false