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Crime and Race 3
Crime and race exam 3
Question | Answer |
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Case: unfairly deciding what warrants the death penalty | Furman V Georgia |
Case: discretion when applying the death penalty | Gregg V Georgia |
Case: Ruled that rapist can't be sentenced to death | Coker V Georgia |
Case: kidnapping not resulting in death can't be punished by death sentence | Eberheart V Georgia |
Black male falsely convicted of shooting white officer, ruled death penaltly is cruel and unusual punishment | Mcleasy V Kemp |
_____ are more likely to receive death penalty whith white victims | Blacks |
What act ruled that no execution if the basis is race | Racial Justice Act |
Where did the death penalty originate from | England |
54% of executions were against | Non whites |
___________ ______ found that if people knew about the truth of the death penalty they would be sick | Marshall Hypothotheis |
The innocence project found that those exonerated by ___ , 57% were black | DNA |
_____ ruled that the death penalty was being applied in an arbitrary manner | Furman V Georgia |
What thesis states that replacing lynchings with the death penally is known as | Zimring Anaylsis |
The Walnut Street Jail had what signifinace on American history | first prison |
Due to the 13th amendment come along the Convict Lease System, what was it? | enslaved negros and lower class white criminals |
Fulwood V Clemmer | prisoner rights movement in thousands of lawsuits being filed due to the way correctional institutions were ran |
Battle V Anderson | deals with prison inmates and 1st amendment rights |
Northern V Nelson | Black muslims should have access to religious literature |
Young V Robinson | Black muslims to be served a pork free diet |
Desmond V Blackwell | the right to correspond with their religious leaders |
T or F: the term railroaded had to deal with swift and unfair manner in which the political prisoners are held | True |
T or F Goerge Jackson notable political prisoner dealing with Black Panther Party | True |
Gypsy Jokers | First prison gang |
Mexican Mafia | Nationwide gang |
Black Guerrilla family | political gang |
Aryan brotherhood | White supremacist gang |
Jhonson V California | Ruled separating inmates by race was unconstitutional |
T or F: Blacks and hispanics are overrepresnted in all areas of corrections | True |
What is the prison industrial Complex | used to explain the the sudden crackdown on the less serious crimes committed by people of color |
T or F: recidivism rates in the U.S are 40% | True |
what is the sentencing project and what did it find | that 24 states have reduced prison populations since 2009 |
Carr stated that? | Girl treatment facility confined more girls for less serious offenses then boys |
T or F; non white females are treated no differently or more leniently than White females | True |
First Juvenile executed at 16 years old | Thomas Graunger |
Roper V Simmons | Killing juveniles is unconstitutional |
Graham V Florida | sentencing juveniles who did not commit homicide is unconstitutional |
What is the mission of the OJJDP | Provide national leadership coordination and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization |
T or F: these programs work while dealing with Juveniles. Drug abuse resistance education, zero tolerance policies, schock incarceration | False they don't work |
What does the new criminal justice Emphasize (Boston gun Project) | the importance of cooperation and collaboration with problem solving across agencies |
What is the disproportionate minority contact | the term referring to the proportion of juvenile minorities in contact with the juvenile justice system exceeding their proportion of the general population |
What was the first Juvenile court opened at? | Cook Country |
Bernard and Kurlycheck had what importance on juvenile justice system | current polices make the problem worse, because of the conditions that foster juvenile delinquency are never addressed properly |
What did the Delinquicy Prevention Act of 1974 | Any state receiving federal funding must include DMC |
What is the JJDP act of 2002 | modified version that states that if they fail to address DMC forfeit 20% of their federal funding |
What is the Baldus Study | Study of how people convicted of the death penalty, before and after |
What importance does Marcus Robinson have dealing with the Racial Justice Act | Was supposed to be sentenced to death but instead got life without parole |
Bloody code, originated by the English means what | providing a certain number of offenses to result in the death penalty |
Capitil crime acts of in Virgina during the 1700's death with what | slaves committing crimes against whites |
T or F: while dealing with the subject of slaves in court the juries were present( back in 1770-1820) | False |
How many states currently have the death penalty | 34 |
1995 there was a policy regarding the death penalty, what was that policy | that all attorneys had to submit death sentences to be reviewed |
Capital Jury project | investigated jurors dealing with capital punishment descretion |
How many states allow their judges to over rule the death penalty | 3 |
of minorities what race has the largest percentage working as correctional officers | Blacks |
The Whickerson report showed that what race was of the highest percentage in state and federal prisons in 1926 | Whites |
What is San Quentin | Black muslim movement in californa |
What was the Attica Riot | dealt with George Jackson case |
Blumstein stated that ______ may have more favorable treatment than Whites | Blacks |
T or F: 1 in 4 afircan americans are under some sort of criminal justice supervision | True |
Brown V Board of education was the first to what | hold juvenile justice systems to all youths |