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Take Test: Unit 4 Knowledge Check - CRJ201_30_Juvenile Which ethnic group has the highest rate of arrest disproportionate to their representation to the population? European American Pacific Islander African American Latinx QUESTION 6 African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population and are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. This is referred to as? Disproportionate minority incarceration Race based incarceration Disproportionate minority lock-up Disproportionate minority prison contact QUESTION 7 The fact that police unfairly target African Americans is so widely accepted that a term has been used to describe the practice of stopping and searching African Americans without probable cause or reasonable suspicion. What is this term called? Racial Profiling Police bias Institutional bias Racial threat response QUESTION 8 After the 2014 police shooting death of Michel Brown in Ferguson Missouri there were subsequent riots and protests in Ferguson. Other similar tragic incidents and protests across the country have further amplified the view police are more likely to act formally with African American suspects. Commentators called atten a number of policing styles and practices that may well be contributing to this unfair treatment of African Americans by the police. All of the following are policing styles and practices that led to this treatment EXCEPT? Aggressive law enforcement Community policing Stop-and-frisk Broken windows policing QUESTION 9 The waiver process which involves transferring juveniles from juvenile to criminal court, where they are tried as adults; transfers minorities at a greater rate than their representation in the population? True False QUESTION 10 In the context of traffic stops by police this phrase has been coined to refer to the repeated findings of many studies that African American drivers are disproportionately stopped by police and that race is the primary reason for this practice? Driving while brown Stop and frisk Hot Spot policing Driving while black