Following National Institute of Justice guidelines, Detective Moore should do which of the following in conducting a showup?
a. Tell the witnesses he has the robber.
b. Have the witnesses together look at the suspect.
c. Determine and document, prior to the showup, a description of the perpetrator.
d. None of the answers are correct.
c
You might also like to view...
The association between crime, minorities, and criminal justice policy making is underpinned by a substantial body of research that reveals that ______.
a. negative racial stereotypes and collective racial resentment are positively correlated with polices favoring punitiveness b. negative racial stereotypes and collective racial resentment are negatively correlated with policies favoring punitiveness c. racial and ethnic minorities are responsible for a substantial amount of violent crime therefore creating policies favoring punitiveness d. racial and ethnic minorities are responsible for a substantial amount of property and drug crime therefore creating policies favoring punitiveness
Which of the following involves a discretionary reduction of an offender's sentence length by a designated individual(s) in the executive branch (for example, the governor)
a. Curtailed parole. b. Commutation of sentence. c. Mitigated release. d. Modified probation
The movement to limit the discretion of police officers is the result of
A. lowered crime rates. B. positive publicity about lowered discretion. C. abuses of that discretion. D. increased police-community relations.
Longitudinal studies indicate that drug abusers are maladjusted, alienated, and emotionally distressed and that drug use is only one among a number of many social problems. This causal explanation of substance abuse is termed_____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word