Chapter 5 Deck one

Question 1

According to Biased chapter five, when black drivers are pulled over, they are more than _______? likely as white drivers.

Answer 1

twice as likely

Question 2

According to Biased chapter five, while black made up ____ percent of Ferguson’s population, they accounted for ______percent of vehicle stops and ______percent of citations issued.

Answer 2

1. 67%
2. 85%
3. 90%

Question 3

According to Biased chapter five, Black drivers are twice as likely to be searched by police, but was ____ percent less likely than white drivers to be found in possession of contraband.

Answer 3

26%

Question 4

According to Biased chapter five, of the thousands of people shot to death by police each year, what percentage began with a traffic stop?

Answer 4

11 %

Question 5

According to Biased chapter five, the respect deficit with black drivers emerges early in during a traffic stop, during the first ________seconds of the stop.

Answer 5

5 seconds

Question 6

According to Biased chapter five, the pretrial detention rate for blacks is how many times greater than that for whites charged with similar offenses ?

Answer 6

4 times greater

Question 7

According to Biased chapter five, in august of 2018 what state became the first to outlaw cash bail?

Answer 7

California

Question 8

According to Biased chapter five, a 2016 investigation by ProPublica of risk assessment system used in Florida found that even after controlling for criminal history, recidivism, age and gender, black defendants were ______ percent more likely to be assigned higher risk scores than whites.

Answer 8

45 %

Question 9

According to Biased chapter five, what country has the highest incarceration rate for an Industrialized nation.

Answer 9

The United States, we account for only 4.4% of the world’s population but house 22% of the world’s prisoners

Question 10

According to Biased chapter five, what is oldest and most notorious penitentiary in California?

Answer 10

San Quentin

Question 11

According to Biased chapter five, research shows that inmates who participate in vocational or academic remediation behind bars are what percent less likely to re-offend and return to prison?

Answer 11

43%

Question 12

According to Biased chapter five, although blacks make up just 12% of the U.S population nearly _______ percent of the national prison inmates are Black

Answer 12

40%

Question 13

According to Biased chapter five, how many industrial nations execute criminals?

Answer 13

four, United states, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.

Question 14

According to Biased chapter five, the death penalty is legal in how many U.S states?

Answer 14

31 states