Chapter 6

Question 1

Slavery began in the US when?

Answer 1

1600s

Question 2

Slavery was abolished by Abraham Lincoln when?

Answer 2

1863

Question 3

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) states?

Answer 3

Blacks are most likely to be victims of violent crime

Question 4

Structural Racism

Answer 4

Covert and overt forms of racism exist between racial groups, such that Whites hold most of political, economic, and social power

Question 5

Marginalization

Answer 5

The process by which a group is made to be less important

Question 6

Macrolevel Victimization

Answer 6

Victimization on a large scale (racial segregation)

Question 7

Differential Stops

Answer 7

When police stop minorities without a real reason

Question 8

Push Factors

Answer 8

Factors that cause people to emigrate from their country to a potentially better place like the US

Question 9

2nd Largest Latino Population in the US?

Answer 9

Puerto Ricans

Question 10

3rd Largest Latino Population in the US?

Answer 10

Cuban Americans

Question 11

The Creator (or The Great Spirit

Answer 11

Native American’s term for the ‘ultimate being,’ with all living things possessing a spirit

Question 12

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Answer 12

Policing authority on Native American grounds

Question 13

2010 Tribal Law and Order Act

Answer 13

Improved criminal justice issues in the Native American communities (like allowing for lengthier jail sentences)

Question 14

Shi’ah Sect

Answer 14

A strict Muslim faith popular among Arabs in Iran

Question 15

Intra-racial Crimes vs. Interracial crimes

Answer 15

Intra-racial crimes (whites against whites) is much more common than interracial crimes

Question 16

Victim-based Selection Bias

Answer 16

Whites are more likely to report crimes that are committed by blacks than by their own race