Please read the directions for each entry carefully before responding. Some may require watching videos or reading articles, while others may require you to locate items independently.
Your response will be posted so the entire class can view the response. However, you cannot view ANY responses until you post your response. This avoids getting answers from another student’s post.
Students should benefit from their classmates’ entries. You will be able to respond to each other’s entries. You will not be graded directly on the responses. However, you should note that if your response is not adequate, any additional information you give responding to other entries and questions posted to your response can add points to your grade.
Journal responses should be at least 250 words (1/2 page) to be considered for full credit. These can be written in the first person (e.g., I, me, my).
Journal responses are not opinion pieces – your responses should reflect your knowledge and/or research about the topic and what is known in the criminal justice field.
Provide references and citations for materials used to respond to the prompt. This is highly encouraged and will likely increase your score.
Journal Prompt:
Some researchers argue that racial stereotypes affect the ways in which decision makers, including criminal justice officials, evaluate the behavior of racial minorities. Do an Internet search for race-linked stereotypes. What are the stereotypes most commonly associated with African Americans? Hispanics? Native Americans? Asian Americans? How might these stereotypes affect judges’ sentencing decisions?
