Does Police Discretion Help or Harm Our Criminal Justice System?
Introduction to Criminal Justice Chapter Questions
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-Chapter 7:
Current Controversy 7.1: Is Targeted Policing a Good Policing Strategy?
Video: Baltimore mayor urges turning anger into action after DOJ report on policing
The Justice Department released a blistering report Wednesday, spelling out a long pattern of racial discrimination by the Baltimore Police Department.
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 8:
Current controversy 8.2 Does Police Discretion Help or Harm Our Criminal Justice System?
Video: For Black Motorists, a Never-Ending Fear of Being Stopped Video Link:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/the-stop-race-police-traffic/
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Minorities are pulled over by police at higher rates than whites. Many see a troubling message: You don’t belong.
What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 9:
Current Controversy 9.2: Should We Limit the Use of Plea Bargains? Video: SF Major wants all city cops to wear body cameras
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/05/02/wrongful-conviction-exoneration/
A man wrongfully convicted of sexually abusing his stepdaughter will likely receive $475,000 from Minnesota taxpayers — but the state legislature must still approve the award.
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 10:
Current Controversy 10.2: Should We Abolish the Death Penalty?
Everything you need to know about executions in the United States..
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 11:
Current Controversy 11.2: Should Prisons Punish or Rehabilitate Offenders?
The calls to address prison crowding and conditions have intensified as American inmate populations have grown.
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 12:
Current Controversy 12.1: Should Employers Be Permitted to Ask About Criminal History?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/poll-nonviolent-criminal-offenses-erased-job-applicants-10-years
Applicants with criminal backgrounds, including those with nonviolent criminal convictions or even arrests, are increasingly being driven into poverty.
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 13:
Current Controversy 13.1: Have Zero-Tolerance Policies Made Schools Safer?
Some school districts are rethinking “zero tolerance” discipline policies, which lead to students being arrested for minor violations and disproportionately affect students of color.
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
-Chapter 14:
Current Controversy 14.2: Does Immigration Impact Crime?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/does-illegal-immigration-lead-to-more-crime/
Arizona’s new immigration law empowers police to ask anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally for ID. The Obama administration calls it unconstitutional.
Question: What do you think about this Current Controversy? Are you pro or con? Cast your vote!
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