Worksheet

The New Jim Crow

Chapters 5-6

1. Describe the parallels between contemporary mass incarceration and the Jim Crow legal system.

2. Recognize the similarities between racial stigma and shame

3. Explain how legalized discrimination occurs.

4. Discuss whether the criminal justice system is unique in its disparate treatment of African Americans, or if the system is a mirror of society.

Queer (In) Justice

Chapters 4-7

 

1. Describe ways in which the judicial system treats LGBTQ people differently.

2. Explore how LGBTQ teenage sexuality is criminalized within the juvenile justice system.

3. Recognize the struggles for LGBTQ people in prison.

4. Assess violence against LGBTQ is minimized within the criminal justice system.

5. Discuss solutions for improving the criminal justice system’s treatment of LGBTQ people

Race Effects in Juvenile Justice Decision-Making: Findings of a Statewide Analysis; Donna Bishop & Charles Frazier

1. Describe the quantitative and qualitative techniques used in this study.

2. Explain the impact of race on the treatment of minority offenders.

3. Discuss how patterns of discrimination continue to occur even when officials within the system are not motivated by prejudice.

4. Describe the differences between individual and institutional racism.