How might racial and ethnic disparities affect the treatment of suspects and defendants within the justice system and in our country's courts?
What will be an ideal response?
Treatment of suspects and defendants based on race and ethnicity based on discrimination is unfair treatment. If disparity exists it is the difference in how a person or group is treated but doesn't involve discrimination.
Racial/ethnic disparities occur in police-citizen encounters, in the pretrial period, in the trial, at the sentencing, in the prison system, and when capital punishment is involved. Sentencing guidelines were partially developed to reduce discrimination.
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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If a Fred forces entry into Jim's home while Jim is at work and steals Jim's stereo and 55-inch flat-screen TV, Fred has committed the crime of robbery because he committed the act of taking personal property from Jim without the intent of
returning the property to Jim. a. True b. False
The grand jury is often compared to being little more than a __________ for the prosecution
a. stepping stone b. rubber stamp c. road block d. mediator