Research has shown that a number of significant factors affect discretion. Your textbook lists eight of these factors. Name five of them.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include any five of the following: the nature of the crime, departmental policies, the relationship between the victim and the offender, the amount of evidence, the preference of the victim, the demeanor of the suspect, the legitimacy of the victim, and socioeconomic status.
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From the choices below, select the one correct physical evidence collection procedure
a. Bloodstained garments should be packaged separately in paper bags. b. Items recovered from scene of a murder should be sent along with the body to the Medical Examiner. c. All items collected from the same grid area should be packaged together. d. The victim's clothing should be obtained at the crime scene and vacuumed to obtain trace evidence.
In the first criminological work to examine victims of crime, he stated that "The public is always the victim of crime, since crime is, by definition, an act regarded as injurious to the public" is a quote credited to:
a. Schafer b. Mendelsohn c. Fattah d. Sutherland
Which of the following is a type of biometric data collected as part of the U.S.-VISIT program?
A) Fingerprints ?B) Height and weight C) Saliva ?D) DNA
?John has just been arrested for robbery. It is his third felony arrest. The court John is brought to is very busy, with dozens of cases awaiting disposition. John was apprehended with stolen goods. Based on _____, the district attorney decides the evidence is strong enough to uphold an arrest.
A. probable cause B. arraignment C. preponderance of the evidence D. reasonable doubt E. reasonable suspicion