INSTRUCTION: The links below take you to video clips taken from Reel Justice, which is a unique movie that is centered on a sexual assault that takes place in a college town. It allows students to explore course concepts and terminology in a relevant and meaningful context. Movie segments are augmented by a robust array of review and assessment features. Students can explore a wide variety of criminal justice issues firsthand including criminal responsibility, theories of crime causation, civil vs. criminal law, police roles, functions, and ethics, the courts, and more. Master course concepts more completely than they could by just reading any text. Read the introduction, answer the following questions below and discuss your answers with your classmates and instructor.

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This scene discusses sentencing disparities. Should a young student with good grades and a wholesome upbringing receive a less harsh sentence than a 30-year-old with no education and kids that he has abandoned if they both committed the exact same crime? Is this an example of the criminal justice system enforcing morality within our society? Why or why not?