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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Approximately how many people were in prison or jail for a drug offense in 1980?
2. What question does the author say the book explores in Chapter 1?
3. What term is used in the book to describe "a traffic stop motivated not by any desire to enforce traffic laws, but instead motivated by a desire to hunt for drugs in the absence of any evidence of illegal drug activity"?
4. What sociologist is cited in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste" as stating that each reincarnation of racial caste "is less total, less capable of encompassing and controlling the entire race"?
5. Who described The Strange Career of Jim Crow as the "historical bible of the Civil Rights Movement"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does "Jim Crow" refer to?
2. What are "pretext stops"? How are they employed in the War on Drugs?
3. What is Federalism and what role has it played in racial oppression, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Rebirth of Caste"?
4. How has the U.S. penal population changed from 1980 to today?
5. How do incarceration rates in the U.S. compare with those in other countries across the globe?
6. Who declared the "War on Drugs"? When was it declared?
7. What does a "consent search" refer to?
8. What were the "black codes" and what impact did they have?
9. What was Operation Pipeline and what impacts did it have?
10. What did the Supreme Court case of Florida v. Bostick establish?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss "pretext stops" and "stop and frisk" policies as they relate to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. How have these policies been employed? What rulings have addressed their constitutionality? What purpose do these policies serve?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the contributions of Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush in the War on Drugs. What acts were introduced by these presidents? What impacts did they have on the mass incarceration problems?
Essay Topic 3
How has the federal government assisted local law enforcement in the pursuit of the War on Drugs? What are examples of assets granted to local law enforcement? What incentives do local law enforcement have for fighting the War on Drugs?
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