CRJ 306 Mid-term Review | 45 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified

Today, race is regarded by experts as - primarily a social construct __________ are those factors that have no legal legitimate basis and can include things like race, ethnicity, gender, class and other characteristics. These can become sources of bias throughout the criminal justice system. - Extralegal factors T/F: Scholar Heather MacDonald argues the primary cause of the high rate of incarceration of African Americans is the result of racism of police, prosecutors, judges, and correctional personnel - False The term _________ discrimination refers to differential treatment. It is an action. - discrimination Which of the following is/ are not example(s) of a racial hoax? - 1) a Mexican-American making up a crime involving a White offender 2) a White law enforcement officer making up crimes and arresting African Americans for the made up crimes 3) a White woman accusing an African American man of a crime she committed _________ discrimination involves differences in outcomes based on policies and formal practices that result in different outcomes - Institutionalized