SOCI356 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Immigration Enforcement, Sociological Theory, Illegal Immigration
4 Apr 2016
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Upon completing this chapter, the student should be able to: Lo1: understand the basic goals of the book as a whole. Lo2: understand how race and ethnicity are central to understanding crime and criminal justice in america. Lo3: discuss recent trends in criminal justice, the current crime situation in. America, emerging problems, and how all of these factors affect race, ethnicity, and justice. Lo4: be familiar with the difference between race and ethnicity. You will also understand whether or not these are really scientific categories, and how they are used by the u. s. census and by criminal justice agencies. Lo5: understand the quality of commonly used criminal justice data (for example, arrests) and whether they provide an accurate picture of what actually happens in the justice system. Lo6: discuss the difference between disparities and discrimination with regard to race and ethnicity. African american: emerged in the 1980s through the process of self-designation on the part of the african american community.
