Criminal Justice System and Mass Incarceration in the U.S.A.

Flashcards on the Criminal Justice System and Mass Incarceration in the U.S.A.

Monroeville

Walter McMillan was on death row for the murder of a young white woman in __, Alabama.

death row

Sheriff Tom Tate arranged for Mr. McMillan to be placed on __ before his trial.

Bryan Stevenson

__ is the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative.

limited

Researchers have argued that there is __ evidence that incarceration is an effective strategy to control crime.

seven

The United States has an incarceration rate __ times higher than that of other developed countries.

stigma

The penal system confers __ on ex-prisoners and reduces their readiness for the job market.

mandatory

In 1970, Congress voted to eliminate nearly all federal __ minimum sentences for drug offenders.

32

By 2008, 1 in __ U.S. adult residents were under correctional supervision.

716

In 2012, __ of every 100,000 residents in the United States were incarcerated.

thirteen

Black men are sent to prison on drug charges at __ times the rate of white men.

women

Between 1970 and 1997, the population of __ in prison rose from 5,600 to 75,000.

possession

In 2005, 80 percent of drug arrests were for drug __ and only 20 percent were for drug sales.

Incarceration

__ rates have gone up even as crime rates have decreased.

Michelle

Legal scholar __ Alexander made the case that mass incarceration is the civil right issue of the twenty-first century.

Qualitative

___ research on incarceration maintains that it influences the lives of those behind bars, their children, spouses and communities.

nonviolent

There are diminishing returns from incarceration; incarcerating __ offenders has a minimal effect on crime rates.

Missouri

Since late 2017, people in small towns like Salem in __ have been put in jail because they couldn’t afford various fines and fees.

Fines and fees

Salaries of clerks, public defenders, or the retirement funds of sheriffs and judges are a part of __ .

Philando Castile

From age nineteen to the time of his death at thirty-two, __ had been pulled over by police 46 times.

public safety

Focuses on the story of three single mothers living in poverty, Berger, Killman, and Darby who were abused by a legal system more focused on debt collection than __ .

fines

There are more than 120 separate __ or fees called for in municipal, county, or state law in Oklahoma depending on the circumstance.

social reintegration

Punishments in Germany and the Netherlands are focused on __.