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Community Relations Exam II +CLEET
Relations; Certified Exam Questions With
Correct Solutions 2025
Concerns about the changes in the racial/ethnic makeup of a community, coupled
with stereotypes linking race and ethnicity to drug use and drug-related crime and
violence, may lead to ________________ racism among sentencing officials. -
Correct-answer-Unconscious Racism
Ojmarrh Mitchell's meta-analysis of published research on race and sentencing
found a larger effect size in jurisdictions without structured - Correct-answer-
Reviews of sentencing studies from the 1930s through the 1960s found that most
were methodologically - Correct-answer-
Congress finally acted to reduce the crack/powder cocaine disparity under the
________________________ __________________________________Act of
2010. - Correct-answer-
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The _______________________ hypothesis suggests that jurors deviate from
their fact-finding mission in cases in which the evidence against the defendant is
weak or contradictory. - Correct-answer-Liberation Hypothesis
Most sentencing research examines the sentences imposed on offenders
convicted of ______________________ crimes. - Correct-answer-Felony Crimes
Sentencing studies from the 1930s through the 1960s usually used
__________________ statistical techniques. - Correct-answer-
___________________ detention is one example of a "process-related" factor
that interacts with race to explain disparity in sentencing between minorities and
whites. - Correct-answer-Pretrial Detention
Studies conducted from the 1930s through the 1960s generally concluded that
racial disparities in sentencing reflected ________________________________
racial discrimination. - Correct-answer-
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Steffensmeier and Demuth's study of race and sentencing in Pennsylvania
revealed that ________________________________________had the highest
likelihood of being incarcerated. - Correct-answer-Hispanics
Research comparing the sentences of illegal immigrants to U.S. citizens has found
that illegal immigrants are more likely to be sentenced to prison, but are more
likely to receive a _________________ prison sentence. - Correct-answer-
The numerous studies of racial disparity in sentencing conducted during the
1970s and 1980s are notable for their __________________________in
theoretical and methodological sophistication. - Correct-answer-
Recent studies examining racial disparity in sentencing have included
______________ Americans because of their popular image as "the model
minority." - Correct-answer-
Spitzer, for example, used the term "________________________________" to
characterize that segment of the deviant population that is viewed as particularly
threatening and dangerous. - Correct-answer-
Community Relations Exam II +CLEET
Relations; Certified Exam Questions With
Correct Solutions 2025
Concerns about the changes in the racial/ethnic makeup of a community, coupled
with stereotypes linking race and ethnicity to drug use and drug-related crime and
violence, may lead to ________________ racism among sentencing officials. -
Correct-answer-Unconscious Racism
Ojmarrh Mitchell's meta-analysis of published research on race and sentencing
found a larger effect size in jurisdictions without structured - Correct-answer-
Reviews of sentencing studies from the 1930s through the 1960s found that most
were methodologically - Correct-answer-
Congress finally acted to reduce the crack/powder cocaine disparity under the
________________________ __________________________________Act of
2010. - Correct-answer-
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The _______________________ hypothesis suggests that jurors deviate from
their fact-finding mission in cases in which the evidence against the defendant is
weak or contradictory. - Correct-answer-Liberation Hypothesis
Most sentencing research examines the sentences imposed on offenders
convicted of ______________________ crimes. - Correct-answer-Felony Crimes
Sentencing studies from the 1930s through the 1960s usually used
__________________ statistical techniques. - Correct-answer-
___________________ detention is one example of a "process-related" factor
that interacts with race to explain disparity in sentencing between minorities and
whites. - Correct-answer-Pretrial Detention
Studies conducted from the 1930s through the 1960s generally concluded that
racial disparities in sentencing reflected ________________________________
racial discrimination. - Correct-answer-
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Steffensmeier and Demuth's study of race and sentencing in Pennsylvania
revealed that ________________________________________had the highest
likelihood of being incarcerated. - Correct-answer-Hispanics
Research comparing the sentences of illegal immigrants to U.S. citizens has found
that illegal immigrants are more likely to be sentenced to prison, but are more
likely to receive a _________________ prison sentence. - Correct-answer-
The numerous studies of racial disparity in sentencing conducted during the
1970s and 1980s are notable for their __________________________in
theoretical and methodological sophistication. - Correct-answer-
Recent studies examining racial disparity in sentencing have included
______________ Americans because of their popular image as "the model
minority." - Correct-answer-
Spitzer, for example, used the term "________________________________" to
characterize that segment of the deviant population that is viewed as particularly
threatening and dangerous. - Correct-answer-
