Chapter 11 Practice Quiz

. The Prison Industrial Complex refers to a system that

. Institutional racism in the criminal justice system

. One influence on the increase in the prison population was

. Another factor influencing the growth of incarceration rates is the

. The number of black men incarcerated is _______the number of enslaved black men in 1850.

. China's prisons have ____ incarcerated persons than/as the United States.

. A higher percentage of black and Latino men are imprisoned compared to their numerical representation in the U.S. population.

. Whites are more likely to get lighter sentences or alternative sentencing in the U.S. criminal justice system.

. Law enforcement presence is heavier in black communities than in white communities.

. Driving while black is a term used to describe racial profiling.

. An increase in incarceration rates, especially for blacks and Latinos, followed the passage of influential laws on crime control and anti-drug abuse.

. Identify some of the policies that are responsible for stricter criminal offense penalties:

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