You Are a Sheriff and Have Been Receiving Complaints About

question 66

Essay

You are a sheriff and have been receiving complaints about your deputies. It appears that half of the stops and arrests have been of African American youths, though this minority is only 10 percent of the population in your county. Citizens are charging your department with racism and racial profiling. You have every confidence that your deputies are acting with professionalism, but the mayor has asked that you write a justification for this disproportionate impact on minority groups in the area. What would you include in this note to the mayor?

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Definitions:

Viscera

The internal organs in the main cavities of the body, especially those within the abdominal and thoracic cavities.

Vagus Nerve

A cranial nerve that innervates major organs, including the heart, lungs, and digestive tract, playing a critical role in the parasympathetic nervous system.

Facial Nerve

The seventh cranial nerve, responsible for controlling most of the muscles of facial expression and conveying taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.

Oculomotor Nerve

The third cranial nerve, controlling most eye movements, the response of pupils to light, and the eyelids.