CRJ 306 - Midterm Study Questions UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
In 2014 the incarceration rate for African American males c. 6.0
in state and federal prisons was _______ times the rate for
whites.
a. 40.5
b. 20.7
c. 6.0
d. 2.7
Discrimination is a difference based on ______ without b. differential treatment of groups
reference to an individual's behavior or qualifications.
a. Extra-legal factors
b. Differential treatment of groups
c. Bias
d. Violation of state codes
People of color are victimized by violent and property b. higher
crimes at a ___ rather than white Americans.
a. exact same
b. higher
c. similar
d. lower
, According to the Pew Research Center _____ of African d. 84% and 50%
Americans believed that "black are treated less fairly than
whites in this country dealing with police," as compared
to______of white Americans.
a. 92% and 92%
b. 17% and 34%
c. 10% and 11%
d. 84%and 50%
_ _____ are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the U.S. d. Hispanics
a. Asians
b. African Americans
c. Whites
d. Hispanics
Which of the following records arrests? b. uniform crime reports
a. the police-public contact survey
b. uniform crime reports
c. the national crime victims survey
d. the census
The African American population is largely concentrated b. the southeast U.S.
in:
a. the southwest U.S.
b. the southeast U.S.
c. California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Illinois
d. Hawaii, New Mexico, California, Texas, and New York
Heather MacDonald argues the primary cause of the high b. involvement in criminal behavior
rate of incarceration of African Americans is:
a. involvement in criminal behavior
b. lack of role models
c. discrimination in the criminal justice system
d. the racism of police, prosecutors, judges, and
correctional personnel
The term pure justice refers to the condition when there a. true
is no discrimination at any place in the criminal justice
system.
a. true
b. false
The majority of racial hoaxes are perpetrated by an Asian b. false
person charging an African American.
a. true
b. false
The majority of racial hoaxes are perpetrated by a _________ a. white
person charging an African American.
a. White
b. Asian
c. Latino
d. African American
CORRECT ANSWERS
In 2014 the incarceration rate for African American males c. 6.0
in state and federal prisons was _______ times the rate for
whites.
a. 40.5
b. 20.7
c. 6.0
d. 2.7
Discrimination is a difference based on ______ without b. differential treatment of groups
reference to an individual's behavior or qualifications.
a. Extra-legal factors
b. Differential treatment of groups
c. Bias
d. Violation of state codes
People of color are victimized by violent and property b. higher
crimes at a ___ rather than white Americans.
a. exact same
b. higher
c. similar
d. lower
, According to the Pew Research Center _____ of African d. 84% and 50%
Americans believed that "black are treated less fairly than
whites in this country dealing with police," as compared
to______of white Americans.
a. 92% and 92%
b. 17% and 34%
c. 10% and 11%
d. 84%and 50%
_ _____ are the fastest-growing ethnic group in the U.S. d. Hispanics
a. Asians
b. African Americans
c. Whites
d. Hispanics
Which of the following records arrests? b. uniform crime reports
a. the police-public contact survey
b. uniform crime reports
c. the national crime victims survey
d. the census
The African American population is largely concentrated b. the southeast U.S.
in:
a. the southwest U.S.
b. the southeast U.S.
c. California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Illinois
d. Hawaii, New Mexico, California, Texas, and New York
Heather MacDonald argues the primary cause of the high b. involvement in criminal behavior
rate of incarceration of African Americans is:
a. involvement in criminal behavior
b. lack of role models
c. discrimination in the criminal justice system
d. the racism of police, prosecutors, judges, and
correctional personnel
The term pure justice refers to the condition when there a. true
is no discrimination at any place in the criminal justice
system.
a. true
b. false
The majority of racial hoaxes are perpetrated by an Asian b. false
person charging an African American.
a. true
b. false
The majority of racial hoaxes are perpetrated by a _________ a. white
person charging an African American.
a. White
b. Asian
c. Latino
d. African American
