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Question 1. Explain how current efforts by local police agencies to enforce federal immigration law has impacted immigrant communities---with a special emphasis on Hispanic communities.

Question 2. Explain why the problem of classifying multiethnic and multiracial people has important implications for criminal justice data.

Question 3. Explain the difference between income and wealth and explain how cultural and social capital are related to criminal activity.

Question 4. Explain some of the steps police departments have taken to increase diversity in hiring and why they were necessary.

Question 5. Explain the four contexts of policing and how they help us understand the complex, sometimes contradictory evidence related to police and racial and ethnic minorities.

Question 6. Discuss the circumstances of the case and the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling regarding the right to effective counsel in Williams v. Taylor (2000).

Question 7. Explain the various ploys some states have used to circumvent the requirement of racial neutrality in the selection of jury pools.

Question 8. Discuss the various techniques described in the text for increasing the racial diversity of the jury pool.

Question 9. Explain the five explanations for racial disparities in sentencing.

Question 10. Is there evidence discrimination in death penalty sentencing today?

Be sure to outline the evidence both supporting and opposing your viewpoint in your response.

Question 11. Explain why the U.S. Supreme Court found the post-Furman mandatory death penalty statutes enacted by North Carolina and
Louisiana to be unconstitutional.

Question 12. Explain how the racial and ethnic composition of female prison populations differs from that of male prison populations.

Question 13. How have Supreme Court rulings altered the way that prisons respond to the issues of racial segregation and prison gangs?

Question 14. Explain the controversy surrounding the transfer of juveniles to adult court. Include evidence regarding the consequences of such transfers.

Question 15. Explain why, according to Jody Miller's Getting Played, the social contexts in which African American girls live seem to produce such high levels of violent and sexual victimization. What could policymakers do to change the situation?

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