Author Question: Concerns about the changes in the racial/ethnic makeup of a community, coupled with stereotypes ... (Read 107 times)

Tazate · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

Concerns about the changes in the racial/ethnic makeup of a community, coupled with stereotypes linking race and ethnicity to drug use and drug-related crime and violence, may lead to __________ among sentencing officials.

a. overt discrimination c. unconscious racism
b. contextual discrimination d. indirect discrimination

Question 2

In Herring v. U.S. (2009), SCOTUS held that if an officer makes an arrest, reasonably (but wrongly) believing there's an outstanding arrest warrant against the suspect, the arrest violates the Fourth Amendment, but evidence obtained during a search incident to the unlawful arrest is admissible in court.

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false