Explain why people of different races, ages and social class may have different opinions about the police

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: African-Americans and Latinos are more likely than whites to have negative experiences with the police (e.g., being stopped or insulted by police). Second, they are also more likely to live in high-crime neighborhoods where police–citizen relations are contentious. Younger and poorer people also hold more negative views of police.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Crimes with behaviors which are not naturally immoral, but whose wrongness lays in their legal prohibition are called:

a. Civil law b. Mala in se c. Mala et al d. Mala prohibita

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What was the outcome of the legalization of drug possession in Portugal?

What will be an ideal response?

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Community policing may be a means of changing the ________ of police work

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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