Final Exam Flashcards
What was the first colony in North America to acquire slaves?
Virginia in 1619
Which amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th amendment
Nobel Prize Winner, KGB was after him so he had to write his book in secret. He died in Moscow in 2008.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Siberia
Is there more slaves today or in the older days?
Today! More then ever before
Are slaves more profitable today or within the older days?
NOW! 20-50 billion dollars a year.
1) Sold into servitude by their impoverished parents
2) Most victims are kidnapped
3) Slave sale houses in underdeveloped countries (later transported)
How slaves are squired today?
What professor said about slavery, child slaves, and family reunification.
Children are taken so young that they can’t ID their parents,
Why do men prefer children slaves?
they’re much cheaper, and they’re more scared and work better. Also can’t ID their parents.
Are slaves taken good care of today?
No! Abused and occasionally killed.
What is domestic servitude?
Labor trafficking, maids, servants, etc.
Which war was fought about the issue of slavery?
The Civil War
What is indentured servitude?
In early days when poor Europeans would work odd the cost of coming to the Americas (Often years and years).
Rewarding people for reproducing and trying to limit the reproduction of the lower class.
The Eugenics movement
Relationship between slavery and the environment?
More slavery in warmer locations because they can do more work at all times. of the year.
Another relationship between slavery and the environment.
Slaves are often used to cut down trees and they’re typically destroying the environment and the forests throughout the world.
What has happened to the US prison population over the last couple of decades?
Alarming increase - Up 500%
Which country has the highest incarceration rate?
The United States
Factors that led to incarceration explosion?
1) The war on drugs
2) Mandatory sentencing laws
National issue that Nancy Reagan fought for.
Drug prevention and drug awareness “Just Say No”
A chart that forced judges to sentence people to a minimum amount of time based on drug crimes. Took alternatives off of the table.
Mandatory minimum sentencing
Drugs are more a problem in urban or rural areas?
Urban areas
Percentage of inmates that return home to their previous communities.
97% of inmates within Illinois
How does Illinois compare to national incarceration rates?
It mirrors it, up 500% since 1970s
Incarcerated persons being released and the reoffending and returning to prison.
Recidivism
Person released from prison and returning to society.
Reentry
The scientist that studies the transmission of disease.
Epidemiologist
What nation has an STD rate that compares to those of developing nations.
The United States
There are more males then females incarcerated
Sex-ratio inbalance
Areas that reentry and incarceration have focused on over the past decade?
Destabilization when people are removed from a community and the effects of offenders reentering those communities.
How being labeled as a deviant leads people to engage in deviant behavior
Labeling theory
Difference between crime and deviance.
Crime is illegal and deviance is just bad behavior.
Felony vs. misdemeanor
Felony is more than a year in prison and a misdemeanor is less than a year in jail. Seriousness: time and place.
Criminological perspective believed in free will and deterrence.
Classical school (of thought)
