3 essay questions

Answer the following questions. Each answer should be one page;

1. Reflecting on the "school to prison pipeline", what are your thoughts on zero-tolerance policies in schools?  How do these policies contribute to greater social and economic disparities across race/ethnicity?  Can they be considered a form of discrimination?

2. Incarceration has deleterious effects on the life course of an individual.  How do you think individuals are affected by incarceration experiences?  How are families affected?  How are communities affected?

3.  Incarceration rates across race/ethnicity clearly display a disproportionate burden on minorities.  How has the War on Drugs contributed to this disparity?  Is discrimination involved?  Recall, Blumstein (1993) found that nearly 80% of racial variance in incarcerated populations can be accounted for by previous criminal justice decisions.