Black Lives Matter
The hashtag movement started after the unfortunate shooting of this young black male victim.
Who is Trayvon Martin?
Incarceration rates for drug crimes increased by 500% and harsher sentences for drugs affected people of color during this era.
What is the War on Drugs?
Theory of learning which states that social behaviors are learned through observing others around us within a social setting.
What is social learning theory?
What is the definition of stop and frisk?
A brief non-intrusive police stop of a suspect. Pat down.
True or False: The percentage of police officers who are actually indicted after being involved in a shooting is less than 1%.
True
The movement gained even more momentum after the publicized cases of these two young black men being killed by officers.
Who is Eric Garner and Mike Brown?
The consequences suffered from a drug offense.
What is denial of child custody, voting rights revoked, denial of business loans and financial aid?
Theory that says people make choices about whether to commit crimes by weighing the pros and cons.
What is rational choice theory?
What are some of the reasons people support stop and frisk?
It leads to arrest of criminals and contributes to weapons being confiscated and off the street. Stop-and-frisk is also conducted in high crime areas where repeat offenders most likely reside.
The percentage of officers who fail to report serious abuse that they have observed.
61%
Movement that started in response to Black Lives Matter
What is All Lives Matter?
True or False: Drug crimes are more prevalent among the poor, lower class, African American population
Theory that says social structures are put in place put pressure on individuals to commit crime in order for them to achieve the American Dream.
What is strain theory?
What are some reasons people disagree with stop and frisk?
It targets minorities, poor minorities are harassed by police, people freedom and privacy is intruded upon, the act is unconstitutional, a high percentage of those who are stopped are innocent.
The percentage of officers who stated that they have seen a fellow officer use more force than was necessary.
84%
Creators of the BLM movement
Who is Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi
The issues that arrested minorities face.
What is homelessness, unemployment, and being arrested again?
Theory that says society is the influence as to whether or not an individual might enter a criminal lifestyle and social factors such as poverty and unemployment might dictate the crime levels within a neighborhood.
What is social disorganization theory?
This amendment requires that before the stop of a suspect, the office must have reasonable suspicion that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed by the suspect.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
The estimated cost of police brutality.
What is $1.8 billion?
Issues that are supported by the BLM movement.
What is diversity, restorative justice, transgender and queer equality?
Possible solutions to eliminating the disproportionate rates of minorities.
What is eliminating arrests for marijuana, save incarceration for extremely dangerous criminals, give low level or drug offenders a warning, implement rehabilitative programs?
Theory that says behaviors are considered deviant according to different groups, people, and cultures and people develop stigma or a negative sense of self when they are labeled by society.
What is labeling theory?
An alternative to stop and frisk.
What is community policing?
The percentage of victims of police brutality were non violent criminals and unarmed.
What is 69%?