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WorksheetsSOC 4161 - Final Exam Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The Baldus study showed that racial discrimination ...
Occurred in McCleskey's case.
Occurred in every type of capital case.
Occurred in mid-range cases.
Could not be proved by statistics alone.
The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment ...
Applies only to federal defendants.
Applies only to criminal law.
Was adopted after the Civil War.
Ended slavery.
Which of the following is not a "neutral law" in the sense Barkow discusses?
Jim Crow laws.
Sentencing provisions on drug trafficking in crack.
Capital punishment provisions.
Sentencing provisions on drug trafficking in cocaine.
What was the SC's main ruling in McCleskey v. Kemp?
Racial discrimination is not a constitutionally protected issue.
Racial discrimination requires proof of discriminatory intent.
Racial discrimination is proved by discriminatory outcomes.
Racial discrimination does not apply to "neutral" laws?
Justice Brennan argued that the SC “feared too much justice” because ruling in favor of McCleskey would ...
Require too much investment in public defense.
Be too soft on McCleskey.
Change the entire punishment system.
Not do enough to counter discrimination.
The use of the term "mope" illustrates colorblind racism because ...
It has been historically used as a racial slur.
It portrays hardworking defendants as lazy.
It shows that judges treat white and non-white defendants alike.
It codes racialized difference as moral difference.
Which of the following two refer to gaps in the literature that Van Cleve seeks to fill ...
Lack of studies about structural racism.
Lack of studies about racism in social exchanges.
Lack of studies about the criminal justice apparatus.
Lack of studies about the racialization of criminalized people.
Consider this passage from Crook County. "Consequently, these trends in mass incarceration and the lingering cultural and racial stigmas they reproduce become incorporated as “embodied history, internalized as a second nature and so forgotten as history.” Which of the following best describes Van Cleve's argument in the italicized passage.
People incorporate racialized assumptions early on in their childhood.
Mass incarceration is the product of historical processes, such as slavery.
Racialized assumptions appear to people as natural rather than historical constructions.
Racism occurs mostly at an unconscious level.
PA: Listen, Bob (SA), I don’t care if you hang the guy . . . do whatever you want.
Judge: I’m going to give him one extra year IDOC .
SA: Jack, take it, and consider it a gift.
PA: Well, he’s not going to take it, and I’m going to have to go to trial . . . Don’t punish me and make me stay . . .
Which of the following court functioning features is the PA threatening to disrupt?
Assembly line.
Colorblind racism.
Racial contamination.
Spatial segregation.
"'Justice? . . . There’s no justice here,' she said, shaking her head and pushing the cart of cases to court. One judge ominously compared his adjudicative role to 'being a conductor on a train to nowhere . . . being in a system that doesn’t work.'" This quote best illustrates how court members ...
Are committed to antiracism in the pursuit of justice.
Disperse responsibility for injustice by blaming the system.
Take full responsibility for the court's functioning even though they struggle to implement their beliefs.
Are overwhelmingly acritical about the court, with the exception of the judge quoted.
"PA: I don’t know—as a whole, yes, judges try to do the right thing, yes; they do try, with the exception of a judge or two . . . I don’t know any judge who is not trying to be fair; whether they can be is another story." What is Van Cleve`s main goal with this quote.
To show how court actors are understanding towards each other.
To show that court actors minimize the importance of racism.
To criticize judges for being hypocritical.
To illustrate that the habitus works in an unconscious way.
When asked if defendants are treated fairly, regardless of racialization, a PA states: "I’ve been in pretrial conferences when comments are made about race . . .
Stereotypical references, you hear voices being mimicked . . . In terms of
being treated less fairly, I don’t know . . . I don’t know if they are getting
an unfair deal." What is Van Cleve's main point in her analysis of this quote?
That despite overwhelming evidence of racism, attorneys are still unsure about whether the court is fair.
That there is overwhelming evidence of racism, including judges mimicking African American Vernacular English.
That court actors are fully aware of racism in the court but are hesitant to criticize judges because of their power in court.
That plea bargaining leads to unfair deals, especially for Black defendants in a court where racism is pervasive.
