Assignment:
Minorities in Society
Answer the questions below and include an educated explanation for each:
• If most youth gangs are racially and ethnically homogeneous, should law enforcement use race and ethnic-specific strategies to fight gang formation and control gang crime?
• On the other hand, should law enforcement strategies be racially and ethnically neutral?
• What dilemmas are created for police departments that pursue each of these strategies?
• Is the likely result institutional or contextual discrimination?
• Which theory of crime do you believe best explains the prevalence of gang crime in the United States?
Your answer must be in 3 to 5 paragraphs.