exam2

Question 1

What are the FOUR status traits that make up your demographic profile?

Answer 1

1. SES
2. Race
3. Age
4. Gender

Question 2

What are 3 ways to get out of bail?

Answer 2

1. ROR
2. Risk of Flight
3. Emergency release

Question 3

What is racial animous?

Answer 3

resentment of race

Question 4

What percentage of cases are resolved with plea bargaining?

Answer 4

96%

Question 5

What is the #1 race likely to be detained?

Answer 5

Hispanics-47%

Question 6

What are some reasons Hispanics are likely to be detained?

Answer 6

SES, Citizenship, Community ties, Flight Risk

Question 7

What are some reasons women are likely to be released?

Answer 7

child care, house care, less likely to have prior offenses

Question 8

Powell v. Alabama gave us which right?

Answer 8

Right to counsel capital cases.

Question 9

Gideon v. Wainwright gave us the right to what?

Answer 9

public defender to any felony case if you can’t afford it

Question 10

Between private and public counsel, who is the better option?

Answer 10

private

Question 11

What are some duties of being a prosecutor?

Answer 11

whether to prosecute, pick jury, pick capital case, choose federal/state level, plea bargain, and what to be charged with

Question 12

Plea bargaining consists of what three options?

Answer 12

charge bargaining, sentence bargaining, implicit vs. explicit

Question 13

What is the biggest concern with the jury system?

Answer 13

judgment of race

Question 14

what is risk flight?

Answer 14

defendant who is likely to leave state or country to avoid prosecution

Question 15

Which race is associated external/internal attributions?

Answer 15

black youth=internal

white youth=external