Posted: August 4th, 2016

What explanations have been advanced to explain racial disparities in arrest and incarceration rates in the United States?

1. Discuss the major controversies concerning: (a) Drug control polices (Ch. 13) (10) (b) Gun policies (Ch. 10) (5) (c) Sex offenders (Ch 12, 17) (5) 2. What explanations have been advanced to explain racial disparities in arrest and incarceration rates in the United States? What implications do such explanations have for policy? (20) 3. Develop a crime prevention program based on the materials and chapters in the course. It should include what police, courts and corrections can do in terms of crime prevention, as well as programs to address the roots of crime and associated problems such as guns, drugs and racism (30) Questions 1 and 2 should be 2 pages a piece and question 3 should be 4 pages. References should be cited, including those from your text.