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WorksheetsIncarceration Nation Exam #2 Mega Review
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 47mins
Wakefield and Tuney note that "The relationship between crime rates and
incarceration rates is too ___ over the course of the prison boom to reasonably argue
that mass incarceration is a natural response to crime rates (National Research Council
2014)."
weak
strong
Wakefield and Tuney note '"Increases in the incarceration rate are fairly transparently linked to
___"
sentencing policy changes
increases in racial bias
increases in crime rates
economic policy changes
According to Wakefield and Tuney, for Garland, both high crime and mass incarceration
share a common source:
dramatic and polarized policy shifts
deep economic and racial inequality
an inadequate welfare state
lack of solidarity in cross-class and interracial social relations
Wakefield and Tuney argue high rates of crime and punishment are so difficult to tackle simultaneously without making racial disparities in punishment worse because mass incarceration resulted from...
economic inequality and the policies that were put in place to prevent it
religious inequality and the indoctrination of it within our penal system
racialized policies that developed partially in response to increases in crime
an increase in criminal activity, especially in impoverished communities
Wakefield and Tuney state that mass incarceration is the results of racialized politics that emerged in response to the ___
rise of industrialization
Civil Rights Movement
reform of contemporary prisons
shifting political views in the South
Wakefield and Tuney say that the U.S. pursued paths of ___ in the post-war period.
market deregulation
social control through policy regulation
decreased income tax
decrease in worker protections and social support
conditions for a carceral state according to Wakefield and Tuney
decline of the welfare state
racism and segregation
class divisions
hyperlocal racialized politics
heightened political economy
Muller states that "In 1970, the US imprisonment rate -- excluding jails -- stood at roughly 100 per 100,000 people. Forty years later, it had grown ___ times as large"
seven
ten
five
three
Muller states, "For most of the nearly four decades of prison growth, Black Americans were imprisoned at roughly ___ times the rate of white Americans"
ten
three
two
six
Muller says that demand for black labor was relatively ___ in the mid 20th century
high
low
Muller says the high demand for black labor in the mid 20th century collapsed in the second half of the 20th century because of...
mechanization of cotton farming
deindustrialization
decreased labor demand in general
increased imprisonment rates of black Americans
Muller says young black men's labor force participation fell and crime rose amid a conservative reaction to...
industrialization
a rise in political economy
the second Great Migration
the Civil Rights Movement
Today, Muller says, many of the economic changes that hit Black Americans first are hitting white Americans, whose incarceration rate is ___
declining
rising
remaining constant
Even though the odds of Black people perpetrating violence were 85% higher compared to Whites, ___ could be explained by neighborhood social context, family life, and immigration status.
over 70%
over 60%
over 50%
25%
Blacks are ___ times more likely to die by homicide than Whites.
five
two
ten
six
Homicide is the leading cause of death in young ___
AIANs
Whites
Blacks
Latinos
Latinos experience lower rates of violence despite being generally poorer than ___.
Whites
Blacks
AIANs
Mexican Americans
A typical Black in Chicago lives in a neighborhood that is ___% Black.
25
62
93
78
Black violence is ___ times that of Whites.
0.9
1.33
2.1
1.85
the level of violence committed is ___ for recent immigrants.
higher
lower
According to Alexander, more then ___% of criminal cases are never tried before a jury.
45
83
90
56
In Hamelin v Michigan life in prison for first time drug offenders was considered...
cruel and unusual punishment
NOT cruel and unusual punishment
Muller discusses two things that shape Black inequality:
exploitation
exclusion
environment
empirical inequality
Under slavery and convict leasing, incarceration of Black people is ___.
low because labor is exploited
low because there weren't a lot of Black people population wise
high because Black people escaped and got caught
high because employers would hand over Black people to the jail system
When labor demand is high, incarceration rates are ___.
high
low
declines in labor demand, partly due to mechanization, means ___
decrease in Black imprisonment
increase in Black imprisonment
In the North, employers wanted to ___ Black people.
exclude
exploit
In the South, employers wanted to ___ Black people.
exclude
exploit
_ _ _ politics after the Civil Rights movement framed Black communities as criminal, and increased Black arrest rates
war on drugs
racial subjugation
law and order
three strikes
In 1970 the imprisonment rates was about 100 per 100,000 people, but in 2010 this rate was about ___ times as large.
three
five
seven
two
the demand for black labor collapsed with ___
mechanization of cotton harvesting
deindustrialization
the Civil Rights Movement
the war on drugs
the boll weevil case caused which of the following to occur:
reduced workable cotton fields
Black child labor fell
Black child labor rose
Black children school enrollment rose
increased Black person prison admits in Georgia
The 1st Great migration caused two effects on the Black incarceration rate:
Black people moved to the north where employers didn't want to exploit people like the South did
the scale of the migration invoked a punitive action especially because European immigrants largely competed with Black people
Black people moved to the north where employers didn't want to exclude people like the South did
the scale of the migration invoked a punitive action especially because Asian immigrants largely competed with Black people
Within 20 years, a 95% increase in mechanized cotton harvesting occurred. This led to:
accelerated the decline of young black men in the agriculture industry
strengthened the 2nd Great Migration
helped create conditions for the Civil Rights Movement
accelerated the increase of young black men in the agriculture industry
strengthened the 3rd Great Migration
Black Americans with high levels of education and income are more likely than White Americans with low levels of education and income to experience incarceration of a family member or live in a community with high rates of incarceration.
true
false
The NCRP stands for the (a)
The NCRP tracks imprisonment by county, ___, race, and ___. And didn't start in a preliminary way until 1983.
offense
sex
population
ethnicity
The data is provided by the ___ for the NCRP.
victims
officers
_ _ _ are distant, and lead to chain reactions that eventually affect the incarceration rate
big picture changes
proximate determinants
_ _ _ are closer, that often directly cause a change to the incarceration rate
big picture changes
proximate determinants
big picture changes include:
riots and Wars (Korea and Vietnam)
the boomers
spikes in crime
deindustrialization
the Civil Rights Movement
Big changes in the life course for men: erosion of ___ led both to more serious crime and drug crimes.
social controls
economic prosperity
family values
informal social controls
The ___ meant to equate blackness and civil rights with criminality. There was also a broader rightward shift in the South.
democratic rhetorical shift
Civil Rights Movement
republican rhetorical shift
tough on crime rhetoric
Phase one:
certainty and severity
away from indeterminate and towards fairness
status quo
Phase two:
certainty and severity
away from indeterminate, towards fairness
status quo
phase three:
certainty and severity
away from indeterminate towards fairness
status quo
included in phase one:
transparency in parole guidelines
voluntary sentencing guidelines
determinate sentencing
presumptive sentencing
truth in sentencing
included in phase two:
determinate sentencing
truth in sentencing
mandatory minimums
three strikes rule
most unjust go
included in phase three:
truth in sentencing
mandatory minimums
harshest punishments are added
most unjust punishments go
transparency in parole guidelines
From 1990 to 2010, the state incarceration rate grew ___
300%
150%
333%
222%
_ _ _ refers to the temporal growth in inequalities that magnify preexisting differenced between individuals and groups
proximate determinants
indeterminate sentences
cumulative disadvantage
the snowball effect
arrest is no longer tied to actual crime offending
the great decoupling
indeterminate sentences
proximate determinants
cumulative disadvantage
in 1979 arrest is ___ and linked to crime, whereas in 1997 arrest is ___ and not linked to crime.
rare, common
common, rare
in 1997, black men not reporting crime were more likely to be arrested than white people who did report crime
true
false
percentage increase between 1979 and 1997 of the arrest rate of black men who did not commit crime
157%
419%
213%
222%
Even though in St. Louis the population is 49% black and 46% white, drug arrests are ___% black and 26% white.
74
93
29
56
In St. Louis, black people are arrested for drug offenses ___ times more than white people.
3
4.5
2.5
8
In St Louis, arrests are ___% possession and 11% sale and manufacturing.
_ _ _ % of neighborhoods in St. Louis are racially homogeneous
63%
35%
52%
In St. Louis, ___% of arrests are proactive policing, and 26% are reactive policing.
82%
64%
The UCR stands for:
(a)
The UCR is crime reported by:
victims
officers
NCVS reports way ___ crime than the UCR
more
less
Even though the U.S population is 75% white and 12% black, ___% of people charged with a felony were black compared to 30% white.
22
63
45
contact with the police increases your chances of criminal conduct
true
false
_ _ _ % of drug arrests are proactive policing
(a)
_ _ _ % of drug arrests in black neighborhoods used proactive policing
(a)
Even though crack cocaine use is 70% white and only 8% black, crack cocaine arrests are ___% Black and only 8.6% white.
63%
79%
Seattle has the highest black white ratio in drug arrests of:
10.7
8.2
3.4
5.8
Approximately what was the average imprisonment rate (per 100,000 people) in the U.S. between 1930 and 1970?
110
200
130
210
Which race is attributed to the greatest number of people who have ever committed a felony in the U.S.?
Black
White
AIAN
What is the age range of highest imprisonment in the U.S. in 2022?
35-39 years old
A 4 year sentence for a felony crime would put someone in a...
jail
prison
The combined state and federal imprisonment rate (per 100,000 people) in the U.S. by the end of 2022 was...
350
250
110
170
What increased in the U.S. in the 90s?
familial crimes
violent crime arrest rate
imprisonment rate
drug crime arrest rate
People imprisoned for violent offenses spend an average of ___ years in prison.
2
12
7
10
As of 2022, what percent of prisoners were held in private facilities?
10%
2%
7%
8%
What is the most common familial incarceration?
parent
sibling
uncle
grandparent
In 2005, about ___ of incarcerated people were arrested within their first year of release, and ___ were arrested within 10 years of their release.
45% and 80%
35% and 60%
70% and 30%
80% and 100%
What percent of people are eventually released from incarceration?
30%
25%
75%
95%
Professor would guess that the war on drugs is ___ of the increase in incarceration rates.
70-80%
30-50%
20-25%
80-95%
