The Color of Justice Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America , 6th Edition By Samuel Walker - Test Bank

, CHAPTER 1 TEST BANK
Race, Ethnicity and Crime: America’s Continuing Crisis

Multiple Choice

1.1 In 2014 the incarceration rate for African American males in state and federal prisons
was _____ times the rate for whites.
a. 40.5 c. 20.7
b. 6.0 d. 2.6
ANS: B
REF: The National Race Crisis, 2014-2016
LO: 18.01.02

1.2 The Innocence Project has found that among prisoners exonerated by DNA evidence, __
percent are people of color.
a. 12 c. 61
b. 31 d. 75
ANS: C
REF: The National Race Crisis, 2014-2016
LO: 18.01.02

1.3 People of color are victimized by violent and property crimes at a ______ rate than white
Americans.
a. lower c. similar
b. higher d. exact same
ANS: B
REF: The National Race Crisis, 2014-2016
LO: 18.01.02

1.4 According to Pew Research Center _____ of African Americans believed that “blacks are
treated less fairly than whites in this country .. in dealing with the police,” as compared to ____
of white Americans.
a. 92% and 92%
b. 84% and 50%
c. 17% and 34%
d. 10% and 11%
ANS: B
REF: The National Race Crisis, 2014-2016
LO: 18.01.02




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,1.5 The Uniform Crime Reports data are __________ with respect to many important issues
related to race, ethnicity, and crime.
a. questionable c. useless
b. comprehensive d. confusing
ANS: C
REF: Problems with Criminal Justice Data on Race and Equality
LO: 18.01.05

1.6 Office of Management and Budget racial and ethnic categories are:
a. a socialpolitical construct. c. scientifically based.
b. anthropologically based. d. All of the above.
ANS: A
REF: The Colors of America: Racial and Ethnic Categories
LO: 18.01.04

1.7 _____ are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the US.
a. Hispanic c. African American
b. White d. Asia
ANS: A
REF: The Crime and Immigration Controversy
LO: 18.01.02

1.8 Which of the following records arrests?
a. The National Crime Victims Survey
b. Uniform Crime Report
c. The Police-Public Contact Survey
d. The Census

ANS: B
REF: Problems with Criminal Justice Data on Race and Equality
LO: 18.01.04

1.9 The Color of Justice includes material on the following groups:
a. African Americans and whites.
b. All people of color.
c. Hispanics and African Americans.
d. All groups.
ANS: D
REF: Objectives of the Book
LO: 18.01.01




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, 1.10 Experts regard the concept of race as:
a. an essential component of social research.
b. a biological categorization of the human species.
c. an unwanted distraction during human research.
d. primarily a social construct.
ANS: D
REF: The Colors of America: Racial and Ethnic Categories
LO: 18.01.04


1.11 The labels applied to groups are:
a. periodically changed for political expedience.
b. essential for clarity and specificity during discourse.
c. usually applied by the politically and culturally dominant group.
d. All of the above.
ANS: C
REF: The Colors of America: Racial and Ethnic Categories
LO: 18.01.04

1.12 This book is based on:
a. Psychological Theory c. Consensus Theory
b. Marxist Theory d. Conflict Theory
ANS: D
REF: A Theoretical Perspective on Race, Ethnicity, and Crime
LO: 18.01.01

1.13 The proper labeling of a group is __________ in the sense that it often involves a power
struggle between different racial and ethnic groups.
a. controversial c. political
b. difficult d. confrontational
ANS: C
REF: The Colors of America: Racial and Ethnic Categories
LO: 18.01.04

1.14 Discrimination is a difference based on __________ without reference to an individual’s
behavior or qualifications.
a. bias c. differential treatment of groups
b. extralegal factors d. All of the above.
ANS: C
REF: Disparity versus Discrimination
LO: 18.01.06




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