1. The author asserts in Chapter 3: "The Color of Justice" that in the federal system, homicide offenders account for 0.4% of the past decade's growth in the federal prison population while drug offenders account for what percent of that expansion?
(a) 29%.
(b) 61%.
(c) 53%.
(d) 76%.

2. Who is the president and CEO of Corrections Corporation of America that is quoted in Chapter 6: "The Fire This Time"?
(a) Michael Omi.
(b) Damon Hininger.
(c) C. Vann Woodward.
(d) Howard Winant.

3. Who wrote Slavery by Another Name?
(a) Douglas Blackmon.
(b) C. Vann Woodward.
(c) Loic Wacquant.
(d) W. E. B. Du Bois.

4. The author states in Chapter 6: "The Fire This Time" that if we hope to return to the rate of incarceration for the 1970s, we would need to release approximately how many people that are currently behind bars today?
(a) One out of five.
(b) Three out of five.
(c) Two out of five.
(d) Four out of five.

5. One in how many black men between the ages of 20-35 was behind bars in 2006?
(a) 16.
(b) Nine.
(c) 29.
(d) 42.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the former executive director of the National Center for Institutions and Alternatives that is cited as saying, "There are certain code words that allow you never to have to say 'race' but everybody knows that's what you mean"?

2. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?

3. Who coined the term "invisible punishment" to describe the plight faced by former inmates trapped in the criminal justice system?

4. What years comprised the Reconstruction Era?

5. What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures?

(see the answer key)

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